socket.py and 2.2.1

[TeaAndBikkie]

>From: susan at provis.com  (Susan Williams)
>
>Hello,
>
>We're finally getting around to upgrading from 1.5.2 to 2.2.1... ;-)
>and I'm having a problem (Solaris 5.7).
>
>I've got the simple (no SSL) socketmodule in my python, and
>when I try to import the socket module I get the following error:
>
>>python
>Python 2.2.1 (#6, May 24 2002, 16:38:14) [C] on sunos5
>Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import socket
>Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.2/socket.py", line 47, in ?
>    __all__.extend(os._get_exports_list(_socket))
>AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_get_exports_list'
>>>> 
>
>Yup, the source line is there all right, and socket.py and the os
>module seem to be on different planets.  Anyone got a clue what
>is hosed up here?

Perhaps you have an old version of socket.pyc in your Lib directory? Try
deleting (or renaming) socket.pyc and see if the error disappears.

Kind regards,
Misha