#20271: python_select should create symlinks for easy_install, 2to3 ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Reporter: macports@… | Owner: raimue@… Type: enhancement | Status: assigned Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.7.1 Keywords: | Port: python_select ----------------------------------+----------------------------------------- Comment(by speed.rob@…): Replying to [comment:3 raimue@…]:
2to3 is definitely a good idea. But I am unsure about easy_install. When using this application, won't it interfere with MacPorts installed modules and should therefore not be used? Please give advice.
The easy_install tool is installed with setuptools regardless, creating a symlink would only serve to override the OS X copy (which installs modules into a path that the Macports-distributed Python doesn't use). In any case, Python was designed to have modules installed in this way. It's simply not reasonable to expect every python module to have a package in Macports. -- Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/20271#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS