Redhat 9, Python 2.4.1, CGIHTTPServer problem

[Bill Oldroyd]

I cannot get a simple CGI-script to work with this combination :

Redhat 9 Linux
Both Python 2.41. and ActiveState Python 2.4.1

either as an Apache 2 cgi-script or using CGIHTTPServer.

The same script works fine on Redhat 7.3.

The script fails at 230 in CGIHTTPServer :

     osexecve(scriptfile,args.os.environ)

the error message being 
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Can anyone through any light on this problem ?. 

I have seen a few references to problems in this area, but nothing
that is helpful in solving the problem.

Bill