shot in the dark | RH 7.3 | python & up2date

[Ken Godee]

As another poster alluded to, normally 1.5.x and 2.x are installed
together, running "python" runs 1.5.x and running "python2" runs
python 2.2.x. I'm running Rh7.3 as well. 

First to get your system back using the org. 1.5.x, 
you should be able to install the orginal rpm of 1.5.x from cd or 
download the rpm. (I don't know about 
the up2date) Then upgrade the 2.x rpm's that's already on the 
system or "install" the 2.x rpm version. 

Now, the stock Rh7.3 python 2.x is something like 2.1, so if
you want to upgrade, get the Rh7.3 rpm's from python.org
something like 2.2.x. 

Ah, and you thought you where done..........

Now, on to the problems with upgrading the stock Rh rpm's.
When I upgraded the stock rpm's 2.1.x to 2.2.x it caused
several problems with installed  python programs.
Here's a couple that I remember
off the top of my head, "redhat-config-users", "pygtk".
To fix these was no big thing, download the "source" rpm's
for the packages giving you trouble and rebuild/compile the
rpm's on your system and force "upgrade" them.
rebuilding the source rpm's will use the current libs on your
system and force "upgrade" will allow you to reinstall the 
same version of the rpm and keep any config files for that rpm.

This is why my favorite saying for linux has become.....
"I now know more about it, then I ever cared to."





> This has nothing to do with programming in Python (so apologies in
> advance, and please set your flame throwers to stun only), but I'm
> guessing (hoping) someone out there has run into this, and can offer a
> solution. I'm running RH 7.3, and recently upgraded from python 1.5.2
> to python 2.x.x - I'm going to be re-writing some perl scripts I use
> in python, and figured might as well upgrade the version I had.
> 
> Hmmm...now the problem. Turns out the RH's autoupdate utility
> (up2date) seems to be critically dependent on 'something' to do with
> python, since it no longer works at all. 
> 
> Has anyone run into this, and (more improtant) anyone have a soluton?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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