From: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 16:22:28 +0000 (-0700) Subject: gh-75372: Specify major version in README for installation (GH-92759) (GH-94488) X-Git-Tag: v3.10.6~95 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7ab1bb1733bf4ac3e13beb46eeebe41f01096c3f;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git gh-75372: Specify major version in README for installation (GH-92759) (GH-94488) (cherry picked from commit 3abda7a38a2a6803d4dbf70c6ae097ad5b59c58d) Co-authored-by: Stanley <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com> --- diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 99db9b30c8ff..0ccd54cbed72 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ script) you must take care that your primary python executable is not overwritten by the installation of a different version. All files and directories installed using ``make altinstall`` contain the major and minor version and can thus live side-by-side. ``make install`` also creates -``${prefix}/bin/python3`` which refers to ``${prefix}/bin/pythonX.Y``. If you +``${prefix}/bin/python3`` which refers to ``${prefix}/bin/python3.X``. If you intend to install multiple versions using the same prefix you must decide which version (if any) is your "primary" version. Install that version using ``make install``. Install all other versions using ``make altinstall``.