Python 2.1 _sockets error

[Zen]

I'm trying to upgrade to Zope 2.4.0 on my server, and upgrading Python
from 1.5.2 was required for that to work.

When I start Zope, I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/www/heavenga/Zope-2.4.0-src/z2.py", line 540, in ?
    import ZServer
  File "/usr/www/heavenga/Zope-2.4.0-src/ZServer/__init__.py", line
87, in ?
    from medusa.test import max_sockets
  File
"/usr/www/heavenga/Zope-2.4.0-src/ZServer/medusa/test/max_sockets.py",
line 2, in ?
    import socket
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.1/socket.py", line 41, in ?
    from _socket import *
ImportError: /usr/local/lib/libcrypto.so.1: Undefined symbol
"ERR_load_RSAREF_strings"

Then I went into python's interactive mode, and typed in "import
socket", and got the same thing:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.1/socket.py", line 41, in ?
    from _socket import *
ImportError: /usr/local/lib/libcrypto.so.1: Undefined symbol
"ERR_load_RSAREF_strings"

The system is running FreeBSD 3.4, and the installed version is Python
2.1.  This happened with the install from the ports collection, as
well as installing from the source package with the basic configure.

Anyhelp is appreciated... thanks in advance!

-Zen
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