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Date:      Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:10:33 +0100
From:      Philip Paeps <philip@paeps.cx>
To:        ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Using different versions of Python?
Message-ID:  <20021220121033.GK40279@juno.home.paeps.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20021220100634.GE16528@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
References:  <20021220030654.GH40279@juno.home.paeps.cx> <20021220100634.GE16528@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>

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On 2002-12-20 05:06:34 (-0500), AlanE <alane@geeksrus.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 04:06:54AM +0100, Philip Paeps wrote:
> > How would I tell a port to use a certain version of Python?  I would like
> > palm/plucker to use Python 2.1 instead of 2.2 (it's broken under 2.2,
> > according what I read on their mailing-list).
> > 
> > There doesn't appear to be any easy way to tell a port to use a certain
> > version that I can see.  Perhaps I'm overlooking something?
> 
> You can set PYTHON_VERSION, I believe. Look at the Zope port for details,
> and mail me if you can't figure it out. Note that it will have to refer to
> the python binary by its versioned name for this to work.

The versioned name did the trick :-)  I didn't know it existed :-o

Thanks!

 - Philip

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