[Mailman-Users] python errors

[Wade Naveja]

i'm in the process of installing mailman on a redhat 5.2 box.  i'm using
the default redhat 5.2 python rpms:

python-1.5.1-5
python-devel-1.5.1-5
python-docs-1.5.1-5
pythonlib-1.22-2

and getting these errors:

[mailman at www mailman]$ mmsitepass xxxxxxxx
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/home/mailman/bin/mmsitepass", line 32, in ?
    from Mailman import MailList
  File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 23, in ?
    import mm_cfg
SyntaxError: can't assign to operator (line 53)

and via email, i'm getting lots of messages like:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/home/mailman/cron/gate_news", line 27, in ?
    from Mailman import MailList
  File "/home/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py", line 23, in ?
    import mm_cfg
SyntaxError: can't assign to operator (line 53)

any suggestions on how to go about fixing this or guess as to what i did
wrong to produce these errors?