[Pythonmac-SIG] messed up Tiger python install

[Robert Kern]

Brendan Simons wrote:

> I found this advice before, but as someone who doesn't have a unix
> background, it took me a long time to figure out exactly HOW to change
> my $Path variable permanently.  Can I suggest that a tutorial be linked
> to the pythonmac or undefined.org/packages sites detailing this
> process? 

You can suggest all you like. It's much more effective, however, to
write such a tutorial and ask that it be placed on the site.

> Alternatively, can the path be modified by the 2.4 install script?

No. Installers that do that kind of thing garner well-earned derision.

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Robert Kern
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