install python2.4 on FreeBSD and keep using python2.3

[Xiao Jianfeng]

Andrew MacIntyre wrote:

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>Ksenia Marasanova wrote:
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>>I have python2.3, installed from port /lang/python long time ago. The
>>current version is 2.4, but I'd rather have two python versions,
>>instead of upgrading.
>>Is there maybe a way to somehow link installed python to
>>/lang/python2.3 port, and then upgrade ports and install /lang/python
>>as a new (2.4) version, without upgrading?
>>Or am I missing something and the things are much easier? I am not a
>>FreeBSD guru and it's my first python upgrade... thanks!
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>As far as I know, the FreeBSD ports versions of python don't interfere
>with python's default strategy of installing based on major.minor version
>numbers (eg /usr/local/lib/python2.[3|4] & /usr/local/bin/python2.[3|4]).
>/usr/local/bin/python will be linked to the most recently installed
>python port.
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 Can I install python2.4.2 and keep using python2.4.1 on IRIX?

>Its been a while since I looked, but I thought that the ports collection
>would contain 2.3(.5) as well as 2.4(.2, default "python" port), so I
>expect that the ports collection has support for multiple versions
>anyway.
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>So you should be able to update the ports collection, change into
>lang/python and "make install".  A quick review of the port makefiles
>should confirm this.  Any scripts that are 2.3 only will need to be
>doctored to use /usr/local/bin/python2.3 instead of
>/usr/local/bin/python.
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