installing 2.x over the top of 1.5.2

[Harry George]

Don't know if this qualifies as clean.  I have the rpm'd 1.5.2 under
/usr.  Then I installed py 2.x under /usr/local.  During our
(extended) transition period, we use shell scripts which set
PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH before calling python1.5 or
python2.0.  Once all is well in 2.x, we'll remove the rpm'd 1.5.2, and
(conceivably) install 2.x into /usr.

Timothy Grant <tjg at exceptionalminds.com> writes:

> This problem has been bothering me for a while.
> 
> Python v1.5.2 is installed by default on RH6.2 boxes. 
> 
> My problem is that upgrading an RH6.2 box by using the 2.x rpms
> now means that there are two versions of Python installed on my
> box, and any extra modules I have installed have to be copied
> to the new location for v2.x. I then need to uninstall the
> v1.5.2 rpms.
> 
> I'm sure someone somewhere has come up with a clean way of
> upgrading Python. As with all thing Pythonic, there must be an
> easier way.
> 
> -- 
> Stand Fast,
>     tjg.
> 
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