locale and _locale ??

[Paul Winkler]

Hi,

I seem to be missing the _locale module needed by locale.

I have python-1.5.2-13 (latest RPM I can find on RedHat's download
sites).
Running RedHat linux.

When I try to import locale, I get:
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/locale.py", line 4, in ?
    from _locale import *
ImportError: No module named _locale

Looking for *locale* turns up these files:
/usr/lib/python1.5/_localemodule.c  
/usr/lib/python1.5/locale.pyc
/usr/lib/python1.5/locale.py        
/usr/lib/python1.5/locale.pyo

Nothing called _locale.py...

I did a deja search and found one posting that suggested _locale was
left
out of the RPM by mistake. But there is no newer RPM on RedHat's
site.
I also downloaded the latest python sources I could find at
ftp.python.org, called py152.tgz  ... no _locale.  I also tried
py152b2.tgz ... no _locale.

Where can I find _locale??? Can somebody point me to some version of
python that *definitely* includes it? I'm getting really frustrated
with downloading megabytes of data on a slow modem just to see if
MAYBE this one includes this one little file...

TIA,

PW
 
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