[Mailman-Users] Python Broken in Redhat Fedora

[Marc Perkel]

Also - Yum, Up2Date, and almost all python programs are similarly 
disfunctional but produce different errors. Yet I did install the latest 
and greatest stuff and did a few reinstalls just to make sure. I'm 
stumped. and wondering if I need to revert back to Redhat 7.3.

Am I the only one here that's tried to upgrade to Fedora?

Richard Barrett wrote:

>
> On 23 Nov 2003, at 01:17, Marc Perkel wrote:
>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> make install
>>
>> Compiling /usr/mailman/Mailman/Version.py ...
>> Compiling /usr/mailman/Mailman/__init__.py ...
>> Compiling /usr/mailman/Mailman/htmlformat.py ...
>> Compiling /usr/mailman/Mailman/i18n.py ...
>> Compiling /usr/mailman/Mailman/versions.py ...
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "bin/update", line 47, in ?
>>    from Mailman import Utils
>>  File "/usr/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 35, in ?
>>    import cgi
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/cgi.py", line 39, in ?
>>    import urllib
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/urllib.py", line 26, in ?
>>    import socket
>>  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/socket.py", line 41, in ?
>>    from _socket import *
>> ImportError: /lib/libssl.so.4: undefined symbol: krb5_cc_get_principal
>> make: *** [update] Error 1
>>
>
> This is not a Mailman problem as such but a Python 
> configuration/installation compatibility problem.
>
> It looks as though the standard Python socket module you have 
> installed has been built with support for SSL connections but was 
> built against a different version or different configuration of 
> (presumably) openSSL to that actually installed on your system.
>
> You should be able to confirm that is the problem by running Python 
> from the command line and entering the 'import socket' statement. If 
> that generates an Import Error exception then my analysis is correct.
>
> How did you install openSSL and Python; from source or RPMs? It might 
> be worth checking the Redhat support lists.
>
> By the way, for a non-Redhat user and besides it being a type of hat, 
> what does "Fedora" mean in terms of Redhat Linux release 
> numbers/versions.
>
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> Richard Barrett                               http://www.openinfo.co.uk
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