Use a symlink between python and pythonVERSION By default, a hard link is used between /usr/bin/python and /usr/bin/pythonVERSION. Using hard links for such things is fairly uncommon, so let's make a symbolic link instead. Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni --- Makefile.pre.in | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in =================================================================== --- Python-2.7.2.orig/Makefile.pre.in +++ Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in @@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ then rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/$(PYTHON); \ else true; \ fi - (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) python$(VERSION)$(EXE) $(PYTHON)) + (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -s python$(VERSION)$(EXE) $(PYTHON)) -rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/python-config (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -s python$(VERSION)-config python-config) -test -d $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPC) || $(INSTALL) -d -m $(DIRMODE) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPC)