[Mailman-Users] HELP! Getting different Import Error: python2.2/lib-dynload/_socket.so: bad ELF flags value: 256

Fri Dec 13 17:09:33 CET 2002

root at sun(~)> python -V
Python 2.1
root at sun(~)> 

As you can see, the version of python is 2.1, and yes, the version we tried, but 
got the error with, was 2.2.2. 

>From the 2.1 README file:

==========================================

This is Python version 2.1
==========================

==============================

> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:57:11 -0500
> To: Steve Rifkin <steve410 at cs.jhu.edu>
> Cc: mailman-users at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] HELP!  Getting different Import Error: 
python2.2/lib-dynload/_socket.so: bad ELF flags value: 256
> From: barry at python.org (Barry A. Warsaw)
> X-Attribution: BAW
> X-Oblique-Strategy: (Organic) machinery
> X-Url: http://barry.wooz.org
> 
> 
> >>>>> "SR" == Steve Rifkin <steve410 at cs.jhu.edu> writes:
> 
>     SR> For that specific problem, we re-installed the previous
>     SR> version (2.1) of python, and we do not get errors.  Installing
>     SR> python 2.2 yields us the error.  It's pretty consistant in
>     SR> terms of when we put on 2.2, we get the error, but when we put
>     SR> back 2.1, we're fine.  So, we're at 2.1 and most things are
>     SR> working... except for the list admin passwd authentication
>     SR> problem that I have submitted in a different e-mail.
> 
> That's very strange, especially since when you say "Python 2.2" I
> think you really mean Python 2.2.2.  Not sure which micro release
> Python 2.1 is.  While it /shouldn't/ matter, Python 2.2.2 and Python
> 2.1.3 are recommended.
> 
> FTR, I run MM2.1cvs off of Python 2.1.3 on python.org (some mysterious
> Linux distro) and Python 2.2.2 (RH7.3) on my personal domains.  I
> haven't seen any problems, but that doesn't mean there aren't Python
> issues on your particular platforms.
> 
> -Barry