On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 01:33:23PM +0100, Oscar Benjamin wrote: > If you want to mess with your system 'sudo rm -rf' is definitely the > way to go. Don't bother reporting this as a bug since you've > *definitely* voided the warranty (that your free software didn't come > with).
I first read that as "sudo rm -rf ." and thought "That's a bit harsh, isn't it?" > Debian/Ubuntu and other derivatives such as Mint do not use the > python.org tarball as it comes out of the box. They apply a whole > bunch of system specific patches so that Python fits in with their > Debian way of doing things. This may be why you're seeing the error > with your un-patched CPython. Just to be clear, this only applies when replacing the *system Python* with an unpatched version. I normally build multiple versions of Python from source, and install them parallel to the system Python, and they work fine on Debian. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor