[Python-Dev] Discussion on the Python RPMs... (original) (raw)

Juergen Hermann Juergen Hermann" <j.her@t-online.de
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 02:38:14 +0100

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 18:27:36 -0700, Sean Reifschneider wrote:

It doesn't work when going from 2.x* to 2.x*, but it does work in all o= ther cases... That's more a python issue than an RPM issue though, as it's = the same thing that would happen with a source install of Python (unless th= e libdir were re-located).

We have good results with installing into fully versioned directories, and then symlinking a generic path to the latest installed version in the RPM %post script, i.e.

/.../spam -> spam-1.2.3 /.../spam-1.2.3

This allows parallel installs of several versions, and easy switching back and forth between them. Works for our requirements, YMMV.

Ciao, J=FCrgen