From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from opera.rednote.net ([74.53.93.34]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HmZju-00057T-00 for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 14:21:14 -0400 Received: from opera.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by opera.rednote.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l4BILDbW028084 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 11 May 2007 18:21:13 GMT Received: (from janina@localhost) by opera.rednote.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id l4BILD3L028083 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 11 May 2007 14:21:13 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 14:21:13 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: yum problems Message-ID: <20070511182113.GK17415@rednote.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-Operating-System: Linux opera.rednote.net 2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6spk Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 18:21:14 -0000 I have been away for some days, so I've lost the context on this exchange. However, I picked up on the phrase "latest Python." So, the bottom line -- Don't do it. The latest Python on Fedora, as in the Fedora development repositories and that which is coming to us via Fedora 7 later this month is Python 2.5. You ask for massive headaches trying to convert Fedora 6 (or earlier) to Python 2.5. As I said, don't do it. Instead, install F-7 when released. It's pretty cool--with Gnome-2.18, etc., etc. Janina Jim Wantz writes: > Well, unless things have changed since Fedora Core 3 one thing you > definitely do NOT want to do is to compile and install the latest python. > That will trash yum for sure! > I did recover from that mistake eventually, but it wasn't fun. > > Jim Wantz