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Added warning that make install may overwrite or masquerade the default python binary. Use make altinstall instead. 

A native English speaker may want to rephrase the paragraph. ;)
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@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ invocations. Configuration options and caveats for specific Unix platforms are
extensively documented in the :file:`README` file in the root of the Python
source tree.
.. warning::
``make install`` can overwrite or masquerade the :file:`python` binary;
``make altinstall`` is recommended instead of ``make install`` since it
only install :file:`{exec_prefix}/bin/python{version}`.
Python-related paths and files
==============================