Installing Python 2.2.1 atop Python 2.2 on cygwin 
fails at the last stage when it tries to create a 
link from /usr/bin/python.exe -> /usr/bin/python-
2.2.exe. Since the link already exists, installation 
stops.

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Change Group to Platform-specific.

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Can you report the precise sequence of commands being 
executed? Normally, it should be 
 
if test -f /usr/local/bin/python; \ 
then rm -f /usr/local/bin/python; \ 
else true; \ 
fi 
(cd /usr/local/bin; ln python2.2 python) 
 
If this is the ln that fails, it is not clear why the 
target already exists: the rm command is supposed to 
delete it. 

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No, it's not that ln. Read my report again. It's 
linking /usr/bin/python -> /usr/bin/python2.2.exe. 
No "local" in the path. Since I've already installed 
2.2.1, I can't reproduce the behavior anymore without 
building myself a fresh 2.2... but it happened twice, once 
on a pydebug installation of 2.2.1 over 2.2 and once on a 
regular build.


-Dave

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The ln I quoted was actually from a Linux 'make install'; I
cannot reproduce the cygwin install since I don't have
cygwin - but it *should* only differ in the BINDIR. Since
there is only one ln invocation in the makefile, it is hard
to believe that 'make install' tries to create a link in the
reverse direction.

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David, Jason, is this still a problem?  Can this be closed?

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AFAICT, this is not (or longer) a problem because Python's
Makefile removes the symlink if it exists from a previous
make install. Hence, I'm closing this bug report. Feel free
to reopen if you have evidence indicating that this problem
stills exists.

See the following for the details:

$ make prefix=/tmp/python/usr bininstall
/usr/bin/install -c 
python.exe /tmp/python/usr/bin/python2.2.exe
if test -f libpython2.2.so; then \
        /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 
libpython2.2.so /tmp/python/usr/lib; \
else    true; \
fi
if test -f "libpython2.2.dll"; then \
        /usr/bin/install -c -m 555 
libpython2.2.dll /tmp/python/usr/bin; \
else    true; \
fi
if test -f /tmp/python/usr/bin/python.exe; \
then rm -f /tmp/python/usr/bin/python.exe; \
else true; \
fi
(cd /tmp/python/usr/bin; ln -s python2.2.exe python.exe)

$ ls -l --full-time /tmp/python/usr/bin
total 2561
-r-xr-xr-x    1 jt       Domain U  2580813 Mon Nov 04 12:55:35 
2002 libpython2.2.dll
lrwxrwxrwx    1 jt       Domain U      106 Mon Nov 04 12:55:35 
2002 python.exe -> python2.2.exe
-rwxr-xr-x    1 jt       Domain U    40960 Mon Nov 04 12:55:35 
2002 python2.2.exe

$ make prefix=/tmp/python/usr bininstall
/usr/bin/install -c 
python.exe /tmp/python/usr/bin/python2.2.exe
if test -f libpython2.2.so; then \
        /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 
libpython2.2.so /tmp/python/usr/lib; \
else    true; \
fi
if test -f "libpython2.2.dll"; then \
        /usr/bin/install -c -m 555 
libpython2.2.dll /tmp/python/usr/bin; \
else    true; \
fi
if test -f /tmp/python/usr/bin/python.exe; \
then rm -f /tmp/python/usr/bin/python.exe; \
else true; \
fi
(cd /tmp/python/usr/bin; ln -s python2.2.exe python.exe)

$ ls -l --full-time /tmp/python/usr/bin
total 2561
-r-xr-xr-x    1 jt       Domain U  2580813 Mon Nov 04 12:56:31 
2002 libpython2.2.dll
lrwxrwxrwx    1 jt       Domain U      106 Mon Nov 04 12:56:31 
2002 python.exe -> python2.2.exe
-rwxr-xr-x    1 jt       Domain U    40960 Mon Nov 04 12:56:31 
2002 python2.2.exe