Upgrading question

[s99999999s2003@yahoo.com]

hi
just want to get some opinions
i am working in unix and my Python version is 2.4.1
I would like to upgrade my version to 2.5 stable. but i have many
scripts already running using 2.4.1. Can i just install 2.5 onto
another directory, and then just change every shebang (#! in first
line) in my script to the new directory? That way, my script will also
run correectly right?
thanks

[Carl J. Van Arsdall]

Re: Upgrading question

s99999999s2003@ yahoo.com wrote:

hi
just want to get some opinions
i am working in unix and my Python version is 2.4.1
I would like to upgrade my version to 2.5 stable. but i have many
scripts already running using 2.4.1. Can i just install 2.5 onto
another directory, and then just change every shebang (#! in first
line) in my script to the new directory? That way, my script will also
run correectly right?
thanks
>
>

Read: http://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/section-other.html about code
problems

other than that change the link in /usr/bin/python to point to 2.5
instead of 2.4

-c



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Carl J. Van Arsdall
cvanarsdall@mvi sta.com
Build and Release
MontaVista Software

[Wildemar Wildenburger]

Re: Upgrading question

Carl J. Van Arsdall wrote:

s99999999s2003@ yahoo.com wrote:

>i am working in unix and my Python version is 2.4.1
>I would like to upgrade my version to 2.5 stable. but i have many
>scripts already running using 2.4.1. ...

>
other than that change the link in /usr/bin/python to point to 2.5
instead of 2.4

Do you think that's a good idea? What if the system's scripts depend on
libs that aren't installed (or worse: not available) for 2.5?

I'd look into that first.

wildemar