how to build with 2.4 having 2.6 as main python

[Alexzive]

thanks guys,

the solution for me was

python2.4 setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local

cheers, AZ

On Jun 14, 11:00 am, Steven D'Aprano <st... at REMOVE-THIS-
cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:30:09 -0700, Alexzive wrote:
> > what to change in order to get "python" calling python 2.4.3 instead of
> > 2.6.4 (at least during python setup.py build)?
>
> That will do bad things to your system, which will be expecting the
> system Python to be 2.6 and instead will be 2.4. You will probably find
> system tools will start to fail.
>
> > I suppose I need something like changing the link to /usr/local/bin/
> > python..
> > but I fear to do something bad by myself.. please help!
>
> Yes, that will do it, but if you do, you will probably break things. Best
> to just call the python2.4 binary directly.
>
> If you call
>
> python2.4
>
> from the command line, what happens?
>
> --
> Steven