[Pythonmac-SIG] path, xcode, and python

Ned Deily nad at acm.org
Tue Jan 5 19:12:25 CET 2010


In article <49841E6F-AA0E-4E7B-BB1A-16170308F4B5 at optonline.net>,
 Charles Turner <vze26m98 at optonline.net> wrote:
> Also, given that both "pythons" in /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin are  
> symlinks, you can rename these to suit your organizational requirements.

Don't change the /usr/bin/python symlink or any other existing file in 
/usr/bin!  Anything there is part of OS X and managed by Apple.  At 
worst, you can break things on your system that depend on the 
Apple-supplied Python and its packages.  At best, your change will be 
reverted by some future OS X system update.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org



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