On Apr 28, 1:46 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Apr 27, 8:42 pm, Mike Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Apr 27, 8:15 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I recently updated os x from python 2.4 to 2.5 (from python.org) and > > > in doing so I lost my old python path entries. > > > So what is the right thing to do in this situation? > > > Is cp'ing the files from one place to another safe or advisable? > > As long as the Python extensions or packages are pure ones, then > > copying them over shouldn't hurt anything. If you have some that have > > C/C++ links (such as PIL or pywin32), then you'll need to reinstall > > those manually. > > I tried that and the C extensions burned me. Syck (for YAML) and > mercurial (I think ... there were at least 2 problems) posted > warnings or bailed out with errors. Looks like I will delay until I > have the time and energy to chase all my dependencies. Perhaps once > my server (Ubuntu) moves to 2.6 I'll update my Mac at the same time. > > From now on I am storing my install packages somewhere accessible > instead of deleting them once I'm done with them. I wish I could > generate a manifest of installed packages to make upgrading easier. > > Cheers, > James.
If you used Easy Install [1] to install your extra packages, go to your site-packages directory. You should find a file called "easy- install.pth". All packages that Easy Install provided should be in there. [1] Found at: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall --Jason -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
