python.exe on Mac OS X!?

[Rodney Maxwell]

I did a source code build of Python 2.4.1 on OS X (10.3.8) and the
executable produced was 'python.exe'. Can someone tell me whether this
is a bug, feature, or UserError?

% ./configure
<snip>
% make
<snip>
% ./python.exe
Python 2.4.1 (#1, Apr 17 2005, 12:14:12)
[GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)] on darwin

 

[Robert Kern]

I did a source code build of Python 2.4.1 on OS X (10.3.8) and the
executable produced was 'python.exe'. Can someone tell me whether this
is a bug, feature, or UserError?

I'm not sure. Why don't you grab the binary?

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/MacPython-OSX-2.4.1-1.dmg

--
Robert Kern
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"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter

 

[Skip Montanaro]

Rodney> I did a source code build of Python 2.4.1 on OS X (10.3.8) and
Rodney> the executable produced was 'python.exe'. Can someone tell me
Rodney> whether this is a bug, feature, or UserError?

The default file system on MacOSX is case insensitive. As a result the .exe
extension is required to disambiguate the generated executable from the
Python directory in the source distro.

Skip

 

[Rodney Maxwell]

executable produced was 'python.exe'. Can someone tell me whether
this

I'm not sure. Why don't you grab the binary?

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/MacPython-OSX-2.4.1-1 .dmg

Because I need to keep multiple versions of Python on this machine, and
as far as I can tell the binary installer overwrites the default
installed version.
I could be wrong.

 

[Rodney Maxwell]

The default file system on MacOSX is case insensitive. As a result
the .exe

extension is required to disambiguate the generated executable from the
Python directory in the source distro.

OK. I got it.

 

[Robert Kern]

Because I need to keep multiple versions of Python on this machine, and
as far as I can tell the binary installer overwrites the default
installed version.
I could be wrong.

You are wrong. It installs alongside.

--
Robert Kern
(e-mail address removed)

"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter