[Numpy-discussion] RPMs out of date, have problems

[Konrad Hinsen]

Joe Harrington <jh at oobleck.astro.cornell.edu> writes:

> RPM.  Plus, I can uninstall!  What matters is what the general users
> want, and they have spoken loudly in favor of package managers.

I couldn't agree more. I tend to make many of my own RPMs, and still
I prefer RPMs to straightforward installation in /usr/local. Clean
updating and uninstalling is a big advantage.

> /usr/bin/python2.1 exists under 7.2, and claims in its startup that it
> existed in 7.1.  You get 1.5.2 if you just type "python", but you get
> 2.1.1 if you type "python2.1".  alias python python2.1...

Definitely not in 7.1, there was not Python 2.1 at all (before I
installed it by hand).

Konrad.
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