py 2.7.1 & openssl

[nirinA raseliarison]

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> I installed openssl-1.0.0d.tar.gz on my RHEL 5 box using:
>  ./config --prefix=/usr/local --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl
> shared zlib

you need to compile openssl with -fPIC flags,
depending on your system and compiler:

 ./config linux-generic:gcc -fPIC shared

and then recompile Python.
otherwise, look at the make log to see why
the building of ssl module failed.

nirinA