Donovan Baarda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I didn't think the new packages were using alternatives?
This is the first thing I checked: chinon:~$ ls -al /usr/bin/python lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24 oct 16 12:14 /usr/bin/python -> /etc/alternatives/python > > > > I discovered that /usr/bin/python is pointing to python2.1, so > > running those > > > python 1.5 scripts makes them fail. > [...] > > looking at the current unstable Packages file, it looks like the updates to > python2.1 are not in there yet. If they are, then they haven't been done as They are indeed: chinon:~$ apt-cache search python2.1 idle-python2.1 - An IDE for Python (v2.1) using Tkinter python2.1-base - An interactive object-oriented scripting language (version 2.1) python2.1-dev - Header files and a static library for Python (v2.1) python2.1-doc - Documentation for the scripting language Python (html format). python2.1-elisp - Emacs-lisp python-mode for the scripting language Python (v2.1) python2.1-examples - Examples for the scripting language Python (v2.1) python2.1-gdbm - GNU dbm database support for Python (v2.1) python2.1-mpz - Multiple-precision arithmetic support for Python (v2.1) python2.1-regrtest - Regression test for the Python (v2.1) distribution python2.1-tk - Tkinter - Writing Tk applications with Python (v2.1) python2.1-xmlbase - XML support included in Python (v2.1) -- Jérôme Marant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CV consultable à l'adresse : http://marant.org