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  • Rodney Maxwell
    #1

    python.exe on Mac OS X!?

    I did a source code build of Python 2.4.1 on OS X (10.3.8) and the
    executable produced was 'python.exe'. Can someone tell me whether this
    is a bug, feature, or UserError?

    % ./configure
    <snip>
    % make
    <snip>
    % ./python.exe
    Python 2.4.1 (#1, Apr 17 2005, 12:14:12)
    [GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)] on darwin[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
    >>>[/color][/color][/color]

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    • Robert Kern
      #2
      Re: python.exe on Mac OS X!?

      Rodney Maxwell wrote:[color=blue]
      > I did a source code build of Python 2.4.1 on OS X (10.3.8) and the
      > executable produced was 'python.exe'. Can someone tell me whether this
      > is a bug, feature, or UserError?[/color]

      I'm not sure. Why don't you grab the binary?

      http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/MacPython-OSX-2.4.1-1.dmg


      --
      Robert Kern
      rkern@ucsd.edu

      "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
      Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
      -- Richard Harter

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        • Skip Montanaro
          #3
          Re: python.exe on Mac OS X!?


          Rodney> I did a source code build of Python 2.4.1 on OS X (10.3.8) and
          Rodney> the executable produced was 'python.exe'. Can someone tell me
          Rodney> whether this is a bug, feature, or UserError?

          The default file system on MacOSX is case insensitive. As a result the .exe
          extension is required to disambiguate the generated executable from the
          Python directory in the source distro.

          Skip

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            • Rodney Maxwell
              #4
              Re: python.exe on Mac OS X!?

              >> executable produced was 'python.exe'. Can someone tell me whether
              this[color=blue][color=green]
              >> is a bug, feature, or UserError?[/color][/color]
              [color=blue]
              > I'm not sure. Why don't you grab the binary?[/color]
              [color=blue]
              > http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4...on-OSX-2.4.1-1 .dmg[/color]

              Because I need to keep multiple versions of Python on this machine, and
              as far as I can tell the binary installer overwrites the default
              installed version.
              I could be wrong.

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                • Rodney Maxwell
                  #5
                  Re: python.exe on Mac OS X!?

                  > The default file system on MacOSX is case insensitive. As a result
                  the .exe[color=blue]
                  > extension is required to disambiguate the generated executable from[/color]
                  the[color=blue]
                  > Python directory in the source distro.[/color]

                  OK. I got it.

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                    • Robert Kern
                      #6
                      Re: python.exe on Mac OS X!?

                      Rodney Maxwell wrote:[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
                      >>>executable produced was 'python.exe'. Can someone tell me whether[/color][/color]
                      >
                      > this
                      >[color=green][color=darkred]
                      >>>is a bug, feature, or UserError?[/color][/color]
                      >
                      >[color=green]
                      >>I'm not sure. Why don't you grab the binary?[/color]
                      >
                      >[color=green]
                      >>http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4...on-OSX-2.4.1-1 .dmg[/color]
                      >
                      >
                      > Because I need to keep multiple versions of Python on this machine, and
                      > as far as I can tell the binary installer overwrites the default
                      > installed version.
                      > I could be wrong.[/color]

                      You are wrong. It installs alongside.

                      --
                      Robert Kern
                      rkern@ucsd.edu

                      "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
                      Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
                      -- Richard Harter

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