0) compile and install GNU readline 5.0 with the usual ./configure method ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/readline-5.0.tar.gz
1) as an administrator, remove the contents of "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework" 2) install Python from the standard distribution: ./configure --enable-framework=/System/Library/Frameworks make sudo make frameworkinstall 3) install the extras in /Applications if you want to: sudo make frameworkinstallextras Move them to /Developer/Applications/Utilities/MacPython-2.3 4) remove every python* from /usr/local/bin Those in /usr/bin/ are OK for Python 2.3 5) replace "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/python2.3/site-packages" with a symbolic link to "/Library/Python/2.3". Name it "site-packages". I have installed and used Python 2.3.x this way without any problem whatsoever. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
