trouble building python2.4

[Matthew Thorley]

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Matthew Thorley wrote:
> 
>> Greetings, I just downloaded the python2.4 source from python.org and 
>> built it the usual way, i.e. ./configure && make. What I don't 
>> understand is that the resulting binary, when run, prints this line 
>> Python 2.3.4 (#1, Nov 15 2004, 10:29:48) at the top of its banner. 
>> Further more, the poplib modules complains when I try to call the 
>> poplib.POP3_SSL class, saying that the module has no such class, 
>> though the online docs say it does.
> 
> 
> You've got a copy of Python 2.3.4 installed on your system which is in 
> your PATH first.
> 
I have got to be the stupidest person on the face of the planet. Thanks 
very much. I was in the Python-2.4 dir, but I didn't call python with 
./python. I can't believe I missed that.

Thanks again
-Matthew