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Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 17:44:45 +0100
From: Reini Urban <rurban AT x-ray DOT at>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cygwin python & multiple versions
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2005/11/9, Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>:
> 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

A perfect job for alternatives, with -slave
I do this for libtool.
--
Reini Urban

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