[Zope] [Fwd: Questions on your ZmySQLDA Tutorial]

[Don Undeen]

I see what you are saying, but what problems might this create, other than
having extra libraries lytin around? Becuase I tried to rpm -e python
--nodeps, but for some reason that didn't work out, so I went with this
option instead.
I wanted to re-re-install python, with your suggestion, would it still be as
simple as what you've suggested. Given that I've already copied over the old
python executable?

elijah wright wrote:

> >1. Fresh install of Redhat 6.1
> >2. Installed Python from source, and copied over the  python that Redhat
> >automatically installed.
>
> i've seen this same recommendation twice in the last couple of days... to
> "just copy over the python executable redhat installed"....
>
> eventually, this is going to jump up and bite someone in the ass.  leaving
> extra libraries lying around all over a system (which you're going to do
> by 'just copy over' methods...) is quite a pain to clean up.
>
> the better solution would be:
>
> rpm -e python --nodeps
> build python with threads enabled
> do a make install
> make sure your path knows about /usr/local/bin.
>
> elijah wright
> elw@stderr.org