[Mailman-Users] Python Broken in Redhat Fedora

[Richard Barrett]

On 23 Nov 2003, at 15:07, Marc Perkel wrote:

> Also - Yum, Up2Date, and almost all python programs are similarly  
> disfunctional but produce different errors. Yet I did install the  
> latest and greatest stuff and did a few reinstalls just to make sure.  
> I'm stumped. and wondering if I need to revert back to Redhat 7.3.
>

I would be inclined to deinstall the Python RPM, install the Python  
SRPM and do an 'rpm --rebuild'. This might generate a more viable RPM  
for your system.

If that doesn't work you can always fall back to building and  
installing Python from source, a process I have always found remarkably  
simple, although you do not end up with it in the package database this  
way.

> Am I the only one here that's tried to upgrade to Fedora?
>
> Richard Barrett wrote:
>
>>
>> On 23 Nov 2003, at 01:17, Marc Perkel wrote:
>>
>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>> make install
>>>
>>> Compiling /usr/mailman/Mailman/Version.py ...
>>> Compiling /usr/mailman/Mailman/__init__.py ...
>>> Compiling /usr/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py ...
>>> Compiling /usr/mailman/Mailman/i18n.py ...
>>> Compiling /usr/mailman/Mailman/versions.py ...
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>  File "bin/update", line 47, in ?
>>>    from Mailman import Utils
>>>  File "/usr/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 35, in ?
>>>    import cgi
>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/cgi.py", line 39, in ?
>>>    import urllib
>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib.py", line 26, in ?
>>>    import socket
>>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/socket.py", line 41, in ?
>>>    from _socket import *
>>> ImportError: /lib/libssl.so.4: undefined symbol:  
>>> krb5_cc_get_principal
>>> make: *** [update] Error 1
>>>
>>
>> This is not a Mailman problem as such but a Python  
>> configuration/installation compatibility problem.
>>
>> It looks as though the standard Python socket module you have  
>> installed has been built with support for SSL connections but was  
>> built against a different version or different configuration of  
>> (presumably) openSSL to that actually installed on your system.
>>
>> You should be able to confirm that is the problem by running Python  
>> from the command line and entering the 'import socket' statement. If  
>> that generates an Import Error exception then my analysis is correct.
>>
>> How did you install openSSL and Python; from source or RPMs? It might  
>> be worth checking the Redhat support lists.
>>
>> By the way, for a non-Redhat user and besides it being a type of hat,  
>> what does "Fedora" mean in terms of Redhat Linux release  
>> numbers/versions.
>>
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Richard Barrett                               http://www.openinfo.co.uk
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