On Tue, 2014-04-29 at 11:35 -0700, Ned Deily wrote: > In article <1398785310.2673.16.camel@belmer>, > "Brent S. Elmer Ph.D." <webe...@aim.com> wrote: > > Is there a way to do what I want to do (i.e. install 2.7.6 beside 2.7)? > > The usual way to support multiple micro versions is to build and install > to a different location on your system by using: > > ./configure --prefix=/new/path > > There is nothing magical about /usr/local or /usr other than that > /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin are usually included in default $PATH. If > you use a non-default prefix, it's also probably best to avoid using > --enable-shared to minimize the chances of confusion with shared library > loading. > > -- > Ned Deily, > n...@acm.org >
Yes, I already use --prefix to build to a different path. I guess that is what I need to do but I would rather have a way to have the build and install process install to the micro level. Brent -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list