zlib OverflowError: 'size does not fit in an int'

[Larry Martell]

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 7:36 PM, Thomas Jollans <tjol at tjol.eu> wrote:
> On 05/12/17 01:21, Larry Martell wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Trying to zip a large file is failing with OverflowError: 'size does
>>>> not fit in an int'. Googling I found this:
>>>>
>>>> https://bugs.python.org/issue23306
>>>>
>>>> and this:
>>>>
>>>> https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2192edcfea02
>>>>
>>>> which seems to make me think this was fixed this was fixed on Jul 23 2016.
>>>>
>>>> I am running CentOS 7 and I have python version:
>>>>
>>>> Python 2.7.5 (default, Sep 15 2016, 22:37:39)
>>>>
>>>> Which I guess does not have this fix. How can I get a version with
>>>> that fix (that doesn't break CentOS)
>>>
>>> First thing I'd consider is a Python 3.x version. Is there one in your
>>> CentOS repositories? If not, worst case, you can compile one from
>>> source or get one from some other repo, and it can't possibly break
>>> your system because it won't mess with anything you're using.
>>>
>>> If you absolutely HAVE to stick with 2.7, you may do well to compile
>>> from source and NOT install - just run the binary from the source
>>> directory.
>>
>> This is a django app, using version 1.9, installed on many sites that
>> do not have external internet access, so any changes are onerous.
>> Possible, but a PITA. I will look into building from source.
>>
>
> FWIW, there is also an SCL with a newer version of Python 2.7 (loathe as
> I am to point it out)
>
> See also: https://pythonclock.org/

Where is there a link on that page to download a new version of 2.7?