From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 25 12:17:12 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045061065670 for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 12:17:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@slightlystrange.org) Received: from catflap.slightlystrange.org (cpc2-cmbg14-2-0-cust883.5-4.cable.virginmedia.com [86.26.3.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8C658FC08 for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 12:17:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dan by catflap.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 4.76 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1QPCWO-000C9K-Gf for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 25 May 2011 12:45:04 +0100 Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 12:45:04 +0100 From: Daniel Bye To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20110525114504.GA80560@catflap.slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-PGP-Fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64 Sender: Daniel Bye Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD Python version X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Bye List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 12:17:12 -0000 --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 07:58:56AM +0300, Patrick Brookings wrote: > Hello, >=20 > Can you please tell me what standard version of Python comes with the > latest FreeBSD? And also, is it possible to upgrade to a newer version > without breaking other functionalities? FreeBSD doesn't have Python installed as part of the standard system - it is available as a third party port. The default port version was recently upgraded to 2.7, and the entry for 20110304 in /usr/ports/UPDATING has clear instructions on how to upgrade already installed Python packages. > I am asking because more and more scripts require at least Python 2.5, > whereas CentOS for example only comes with 2.4.3, and it's pretty much > impossible to upgrade the system Python without breaking yum and things > like that. There is nothing in the base system that relies on Python, so following the upgrade procedure will not break any essential standard tools. If all your currently installed Python packages were installed by means of the ports system, the update should correctly update them all for you. Anything installed by any other means, though, will need to be dealt with manually. Dan --=20 Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk3c68AACgkQixf5fBYiFmpAowCfZnPaSahTMs3Z/cPj2ANoK2WZ Bp8AnjUxhYviX9P8sTZp/+9Tddjdnvso =AYBY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH--