[issue27685] altinstall with --enable-shared showing incorrect behaviour

[umank.behera]

New submission from umank.behera:

When I altinstall python 2.7.12 with
./configure --prefix=/opt/python --enable-shared
it comes up as python 2.7.5 (system default python)

But altinstall with
./configure --prefix=/opt/python
it comes up as 2.7.12, what am I missing?

This is on RHEL 7.2

This is not a pathing issue:

Without --enable-shared:
[root at myrig ~]# /opt/python/bin/python2.7 -V
Python 2.7.12

With --enable-shared:
[root at myrig ~]# /opt/python/bin/python2.7 -V
Python 2.7.5

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components: Build, Installation
messages: 271997
nosy: ubehera
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: altinstall with --enable-shared showing incorrect behaviour
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7

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