[issue18117] Missing symlink:Current after Mac OS X 3.3.2 package installation
Gavan Schneider added the comment: A lot of this is past my level but speaking from my level I just want packages to be consistent, i.e., if there is a symlink it should point to something (preferably useful) not dangle as is the case now. Also I want an installed version to "look the same" no matter what version it might be. Specifically the version number should only occur once in the file tree. This then allows me to specify ***at the system level*** what I want when invoking (via a Current or similar link) my postgres and other build scripts, specifically so they don't need to be hand crafted just so they build against new new and latest install. If I ever get to the stage where I am building to a specific version that's not the global selection I can do that by taking proper steps (but that's not what I usually want to do after installing a new version). Continuing in the vein of one only mention of the version number in the package tree: why is there a python3.3 folder inside .../Pyton.framework/Versions/3.3/lib? Won't lib/Python3.4 stuff get put in its own Version? As for the reluctance to rename the package for 3.4. Wont it be Python3 and the rename could just as logically be done for the current release: /Library/Frameworks/ Python.framework/... # all the Pyton 2 stuff Python3.famework Versions 3.3/... 3.4/... Current -> 3.4 ... Finally there seems to be a convention with all the other installed packages for a "Current" symlink (note especially Tcl/Tk) to do something useful within their respective "Versions" folder. Is it too much to suggest that Python just follow this convention (albeit with the package name changed to pyton3 to prevent potential conflicts)? Anyway, please excuse my drifting so far from a simple report of a broken and/or missing installer link :) Regards Gavan Schneider -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue18117> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue18117] Missing symlink:Current after Mac OS X 3.3.2 package installation
Gavan Schneider added the comment: Appreciate the comment about potential problems with mixed installations of python3 and python2. And note that along these lines there is no attempt by the installer to symlink python -> python3 (which could have nasty side effects if the full path was not specified in system applications). However there is still a problem: the installer is creating three dead symlinks, which is not correct. Agree putting Python3 into its own /Library/Frameworks/Python3.framework would be a better way to go. -- ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue18117> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue18117] Missing symlink:Current after Mac OS X 3.3.2 package installation
Changes by Gavan Schneider : -- title: Missing symlink:Currnet after Mac OS X 3.3.2 package installation -> Missing symlink:Current after Mac OS X 3.3.2 package installation ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue18117> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue18117] Missing symlink:Currnet after Mac OS X 3.3.2 package installation
New submission from Gavan Schneider:
There is a missing symlink.
Context:
Installed package:
<http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.3.2/python-3.3.2-macosx10.6.dmg>
with no apparent problems onto a 'clean' system, i.e., no other python packages
other than OS X 10.8.3 defaults.
Found the following in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework:
pendari:Python.framework postgres$ ls -las
total 24
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 204 14 May 06:49 .
0 drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 374 2 Jun 17:06 ..
8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 24 2 Jun 17:06 Headers ->
Versions/Current/Headers
8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 23 2 Jun 17:06 Python -> Versions/Current/Python
8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 26 2 Jun 17:06 Resources ->
Versions/Current/Resources
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 14 May 06:54 Versions
However:
pendari:Versions postgres$ ls -las
total 0
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 14 May 06:54 .
0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 204 14 May 06:49 ..
0 drwxrwxr-x 7 root admin 306 14 May 06:54 3.3
Specifically we are missing the following from .../Versions:
8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel3 2 Jun 17:27 Current -> 3.3
to make all the other symlinks work as intended.
This also implies the ~/.bash_profile patch would be improved if the existing:
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/bin:${PATH}"
was replaced by:
PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin:${PATH}"
Apologies if this has already been reported. It is my first report so I could
easily have missed something: I searched with terms "installer mac".
Regards
Gavan Schneider
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assignee: ronaldoussoren
components: Installation, Macintosh
messages: 190474
nosy: gavan, ronaldoussoren
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Missing symlink:Currnet after Mac OS X 3.3.2 package installation
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.3
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