upgrading python...

[bruce]

hi.

i'min a situation where i might need to upgrade python. i have the current
version of python for FC3. i might need to have the version for FC4. i built
the version that's on FC4 from the python source RPM.

however, when i simply try to install the resulting RPM, the app gives me
dependency issues from apps that are dependent on the previous/current
version of python.

i'm trying to figure out if there's a 'best' way to proceed.

do i simply do the install, and force it to overwrite the current version of
python?

is there a way to point 'yum' at my new python RPM, and let yum take care of
dealing with any dependcy issues? and how would yum handle weird dependency
issues with RPMs that don't exist.. does yum have the ability to actually
build required apps from source?

comments/thoughts/etc...

thanks

-bruce


ps. the reason for this is that i'm looking at some of the newer
functionality in the 2.4 version of python over the 2.3