Python 2.2 Socket Test Failure

[Carel Fellinger]

Michael Strayer <mstrayer1 at attbi.com> wrote:
...
> I've built Python 2.2 on a Red Hat 7.2 system and when
> I run make test I get the following error:

> test test_socket crashed -- socket.gaierror: (-2, 'Name or service not 
> known')
> test_socket_ssl
> test test_socket_ssl skipped -- Use of the `network' resource not enabled
> test_socketserver
> test test_socketserver skipped -- Use of the `network' resource not enabled

This looks familiar:)  I had to build me a more modern ssl suite:

    libssl0.9.6_0.9.6b-4_i386.deb
    libssl-dev_0.9.6b-4_i386.deb
    openssl_0.9.6b-4_i386.deb

on Debian potato.  You are using Red Hat, so try to find rpm's that work
on your version of Red Hat.
-- 
groetjes, carel