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Subject: Re: Moving from 2.4 to 2.5?
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At 6:31 PM -0700 5/11/08, Xin LI wrote:
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>Paul Hoffman wrote:
>| Greetings. I have python2.4 and python2.5 installed on my 6.0 box. I
>| installed 2.4 first, of course. What is the proper method for making
>| /usr/local/bin/python (and /usr/bin/python) 2.5? I didn't see a script
>| in /usr/local/bin/py* that did this.
>
>This really depends on how much you have installed.  If everything is
>installed with ports, I think you can just follow item 20070730 in
>ports/UPDATING.

Sweet! That works like a charm. Thank you.

Is there a Python-on-FreeBSD FAQ? If so, this should be there.