From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 30 20:54:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 379F016A412 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:54:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com (hayek.celestial.com [192.136.111.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEECC43D5C for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:54:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bill@celestial.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BF051384F2; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:29:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.mi.celestial.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (alexis.mi.celestial.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 94152-01-8; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:29:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.mi.celestial.com (Postfix, from userid 203) id 42ACF1386B2; Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:29:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:29:45 -0700 From: Bill Campbell To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060930202945.GB91736@alexis.mi.celestial.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060930200648.39134.qmail@web58415.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060930200648.39134.qmail@web58415.mail.re3.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mi.celestial.com Subject: Re: Building Python From Ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@celestial.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:54:20 -0000 On Sat, Sep 30, 2006, Ted Johnson wrote: >Hi; >The latest and greatest Python is version 2.5; however, I seem to only be able to build version 2.4.3 from the port. I ran my standard battery of clean-up and get ready commands: > ... >but that didn't change things. How do I upgrade to python 2.5.0? Personally I would wait a bit as the .0 releases often have ``interesting'' problems (e.g. python-2.4.0 had major problems with the Berkeley database routines). Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Systems, Inc. UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``We maintain that the very foundation of our way of life is what we call free enterprise,'' said Cash McCall, "but when one of our citizens show enough free enterprise to pile up a little of that profit, we do our best to make him feel that he ought to be ashamed of himself." -- Cameron Hawley