On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 12:19 -0400, Phillip J. Eby wrote: > At 09:07 PM 4/11/2008 -0700, Cliff Wells wrote:
> >It seems the correct solution to this is to use "#!/usr/bin/env > >python" (or rather, evaluate `which env` to account for some systems > >which have /bin/env rather that /usr/bin/env) which allows the sys admin > >to override the Python binary much more easily. > > No, it isn't the correct solution. The correct solution is to re-run > easy_install on the target -- it will leave the existing installed > code in place, but regenerate the scripts with headers pointing to > the currently-in-use Python. This is good to know, but still not as good as using env and the reason is simple: every Unix user on the planet knows the env solution and what it means if they see it in a script (they can override using PATH). The same cannot be said for the above. Unless I'm missing something, I can't see the advantage your way has over the traditional way. I'll be glad to hear how I'm wrong. > Even that is often not as good an idea as reinstalling for a new > version of Python; some packages (notably, setuptools itself, but I > have others) include different code and data depending on the Python > version they are built for. For example, a package built for Python > 2.5 might not include dependency specs for ctypes, sqlite, or > wsgiref, but the same package might need to specify those > dependencies on earlier versions of Python. Absolutely. Except I was specifically *not* upgrading many applications. Rather I wanted them to remain at 2.4. These are the ones I had to change the shebang line for. Now I know I could have run easy_install instead, but that information wasn't easily located at the time. > By the way, please don't send me unsolicited private emails about > setuptools unless you're a client or potential client. There's a > reason that every single official web page about setuptools directs > you to email the distutils-sig. I don't do private email for ANY of > my open source projects, unless you're a client or looking to be > one. Mailing lists have searchable archives, meaning that my time > answering a question is being offset by its potential utility to a > much larger audience. Thanks. My apologies. The link for the mailing list on the page that covers this on the peak site is quite small and follows a lot of text. Regards, Cliff Wells _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
