[Python-Dev] Configure option to change Python's name? (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Thu Jan 22 06:08:42 EST 2004

"Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> writes:

Jack Jansen wrote:

The idea was triggered by Michael Hudson, who wanted to install a debugging-enabled framework build of Python on MacOSX, which shouldn't interfere with the normal Python (either Apple-installed or user-installed). It turns out this is doable through meticulous hacking of the Makefile after configure (and, for now, ignoring the few hardcoded "Python.framework" references in Lib, but those need fixing anyway). For other unix systems a similar approach would work to isolate a debug-python from the normal production python. Why can't you configure with an entirely different --prefix, such as /just/for/me?

I think this would be tricky on OS X, which looks for frameworks in fixed places. It really would be nice to have the framework have a different name. But this may be an OS specific problem.

Cheers, mwh

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