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Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 08:12:31 -0500
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To: John Ehresman <jpe AT wingware DOT com>
Cc: Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin python & multiple versions
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John,

See the following:

    http://cygwin.com/acronyms#PPIOSPE

On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 01:09:52PM -0500, John Ehresman wrote:
> Is it possible to install cygwin python 2.4 while retaining cygwin
> python 2.2 & 2.3?  I realize that only one will be available as
> 'python', but things are set up to use python2.2, python2.3, etc
> commands.

I think it is possible if you install the packages manually (without
using setup.exe).  AFAICT, only the following files will overwrite each
other:

    $ tar -tjf python-2.4.1-1.tar.bz2 | egrep -v '2.4|/$'
    usr/bin/idle
    usr/bin/pydoc
    usr/bin/python.exe
    usr/bin/smtpd.py
    usr/share/man/man1/python.1

Jason

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