"make install" is now an alias for "make altinstall", to prevent
accidentally overwriting a Python 2.x installation.
Use "make fullinstall" to force Python 3.0 to be installed as
"python".
diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index f9b59e9..c21658d 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -687,7 +687,15 @@
$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(MEMTESTOPTS)
# Install everything
-install: @FRAMEWORKINSTALLFIRST@ altinstall bininstall maninstall @FRAMEWORKINSTALLLAST@
+fullinstall: @FRAMEWORKINSTALLFIRST@ altinstall bininstall maninstall @FRAMEWORKINSTALLLAST@
+
+# "make install" is an alias for "make altinstall" since we never want to
+# overwrite Python 2.x.
+install: altinstall
+ echo "* Note: not installed as 'python'."
+ echo "* Use 'make fullinstall' to install as 'python'."
+ echo "* However, 'make fulinstall' is discouraged,"
+ echo "* as it will clobber your Python 2.x installation."
# Install almost everything without disturbing previous versions
altinstall: @FRAMEWORKALTINSTALLFIRST@ altbininstall libinstall inclinstall libainstall \
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 327c199..1ff242a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
Build
-----
+- "make install" is now an alias for "make altinstall", to prevent
+ accidentally overwriting a Python 2.x installation.
+ Use "make fullinstall" to force Python 3.0 to be installed as
+ "python".
+
- Issue #2544: On HP-UX systems, use 'gcc -shared' for linking when
gcc is used as compiler.