new to mac OS10

[Maurice LING]

Robert Kern wrote:

>> 3. Apple-installed Python's command line tools are symlinked from 
>> /usr/bin to /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework but the OSX 
>> installer for Python 2.4.1 places the commandline tools in 
>> /usr/local/bin and symlinked to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework. 
>> So it seems to me that Python 2.4.1 (installed using OSX installer for 
>> Python 2.4.1) is not a precise replacement of Apple-installed Python...
> 
> 
> Bingo. It's not intended to be one.
> 

Hi Robert,

Once I've tried to install Python 2.4.1 through the installer Bob 
Ippolito built. I've already for Fink installed Python 2.3.5 in my 
system. So,

/usr/bin/python -> /sw/bin/python

and the newly installed Python 2.4.1 created /usr/local/bin/python -> 
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/python

Does /usr/bin/python takes precedence over /usr/local/bin/python?

Somehow it rings an alarm in me...

Cheers
Maurice