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0 pointsarghwhat8y ago0 comments

Ah, that's nice!

... unfortunately, I'm stuck with python2.4 or 2.6 on most machines my Python code has to run on. :/

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Sean17088y ago

> I'm stuck with python2.4 or 2.6

Not even 2.7?! 2.6 hasn't had a security update since 2013[0], I dread to think how old 2.4 is.

[0]: https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.9/

arghwhatOP8y ago

Python2.4 is what RHEL/CentOS 5 has to work with... And the extended support for that bloody release lasts till 2021.

You can install a newer version, but our CentOS 5 machines are meant for compatibility tests, so modifying their setup is unacceptable.

dsnuh8y ago

Have you tried using the scl repos from RedHat/CentOS? I use it at work yo enable different versions of Python at a system level if I am unable to muck with it because of yum.

I believe they are available for CentOS 5.x?

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