[SPAM] Re: [mod_python] Point of frustration/disappointment

Jim Popovitch wrote ..
> On Fri, 2005-07-29 at 00:18 -0400, Jorey Bump wrote:
> >
> > Switching back and forth is likely to cause problems. To avoid this,
> you 
> > will need to properly set configure options, 
> 
> mod_python does NOT support this with python2.x.  You can define
> $PYTHON_BIN prior to running configure, however configure doesn't
> properly set the install section of the Makefile to the correct value
> (it leaves it simply as "python").

Simply edit the generated "Makefile". You don't need to go and change
the links in /usr/bin just to do the build/install. Ie., change the
"Makefile" by hand to read:

  /usr/bin/python2.2 $(PY_STD_LIB)/compileall.py $(PY_STD_LIB)/site-packages/mod_python

or whatever version as a appropriate.

If you think editing generated makefiles is bad, edit "Makefile.in" and change:

  python $(PY_STD_LIB)/compileall.py $(PY_STD_LIB)/site-packages/mod_python

to:

  @PYTHON_BIN@ $(PY_STD_LIB)/compileall.py $(PY_STD_LIB)/site-packages/mod_python

Then rerun configure:

  PYTHON_BIN=/usr/bin/python2.2 ./configure

> > customize the source code, 
> 
> crude and un-maintainable over time.  

Necessary if you insist on using an older version of code when the issue
has been addressed in a newer version.