2.3 or 2.4 on linux

[Lonnie Princehouse]

> I assume some system tools must use them, even if I don't.  I don't know if
> I can just copy all this into the 2.4 site-packages (deleting .pyc and .pyo)
> and get what I need.

Copying pure python site-packages from python23 to python24 should be
safe, but the binaries (.so) will not work because they're linked to
libpython2.3.so.   If you're determined to stick to RPMs, you will need
to find an RPM that is built specifically for Python 2.4 for any
package that involves a C extension (e.g. mysqldb).

RedHat does use some Python scripts internally, so you will want to
make sure that everything it needs is present in the new installation
before you switch /usr/bin/python to 2.4.