Kaydet (Commit) 1206a227 authored tarafından Christian Heimes's avatar Christian Heimes

Added warning that make install may overwrite or masquerade the default python…

Added warning that make install may overwrite or masquerade the default python binary. Use make altinstall instead.
A native English speaker may want to rephrase the paragraph. ;)
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...@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ invocations. Configuration options and caveats for specific Unix platforms are ...@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ invocations. Configuration options and caveats for specific Unix platforms are
extensively documented in the :file:`README` file in the root of the Python extensively documented in the :file:`README` file in the root of the Python
source tree. source tree.
.. warning::
``make install`` can overwrite or masquerade the :file:`python` binary;
``make altinstall`` is recommended instead of ``make install`` since it
only install :file:`{exec_prefix}/bin/python{version}`.
Python-related paths and files Python-related paths and files
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