[Zope] Upgrading Python and Zope

[Tino Wildenhain]

Hi,

Am Fr, den 05.11.2004 schrieb John Poltorak um 21:20:
> On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 01:41:14PM -0600, J Cameron Cooper wrote:
> > John Poltorak wrote:
> > > I'm intending to upgrade Zope from 2.6.2b3 to 2.7.3 but thought I might as 
> > > well take the opportunity to upgrade Python from 2.2.2 to 2.3.4. Is there 
> > > anything I need to watch out for? I notice that in the process of 
> > > installing the latest Python it has installed in /usr/local/lib/python2.3 
> > > whereas 2.2.2 was installed in /usr/lib/python2.2, so whilst I have 
> > > installed the latest Python, I haven't actually upgraded it. Should I 
> > > reinstall it in /usr/lib? And how do I ensure that Zope is picking up the 
> > > later version?
> > 
> > When you install Zope 2.7 (which has a different install mechanism from 
> > 2.6) it will detect the proper Python. It is not improper to have 
> > multiple Pythons installed. In fact, it is a good thing if you have 
> > software that depends on multiple versions.
> 
> Just for my own peace of mind, how does Zope know which is the 'proper' 
> Python?
> 
> And how can I tell that it has picked the one I want it to during 
> installation?

You can (and probably should) give it as argument to configure.
  --with-python       specify a path to a Python interpreter to use

so ./configure --with-python=python2.3  
or ./configure --with-python=/usr/bin/python2.3  

or whatever together with all the other options you use.

Regards
Tino