Reinstall python 2.3 on OSX 10.3.5?

[Joe Block]

In article <just-077D54.12422603022005 at news1.news.xs4all.nl>,
 Just <just at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> In article <ctsl83$s1q$1 at news1.ucsd.edu>, Robert Kern <rkern at ucsd.edu> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Christian Dieterich wrote:
> > > On Dé Céadaoin, Feabh 2, 2005, at 17:48 America/Chicago, 
> > > moa at extrapolation.com wrote:
> > > 
> > >> Hi there
> > >>
> > >> I started a very long and roundabout process of attempting to install
> > >> python 2.3.4 along side my apple-installed 2.3 system. To make a long
> > >> story short, I have completely confabulated my environment ( i deleted
> > >> the 2.3 binaries and so forth from the system in an attempt to start
> > >> things fresh), and now I cannot figure out how to reinstall the base
> > >> 2.3 Apple python distribution.
> > >> Can somebody please point me in the right direction?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > You could use
> > > fink install python
> > > which makes you a Python installation under /sw.
> > 
> > But that doesn't solve his problem, which is to restore the 
> > Apple-supplied Python that he deleted.
> 
> Also: fink is evil. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole.

I'm curious, why do you not like fink? It's certainly easier than 
compiling things by hand.