<div>On 9/20/06, Paul Howarth <<a href="mailto:paul@city-fan.org">paul@city-fan.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Alastair McKinley wrote: > On 9/20/06, David G. Miller <<a href="mailto:dave@davenjudy.org">dave@davenjudy.org</a>> wrote: >> >> "Alastair McKinley" <<a href="mailto:amckinley03@googlemail.com"> amckinley03@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: >> >> >Hi Dave, >> > >> >Thanks for your help. This is what I've got: >> > >> > >> >[root@d6173 alastair]# rpm -q --whatprovides >> >/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cElementTree.so >> >python-elementtree-1.2.6-4 >> >[root@d6173 alastair]# rpm -q --whatprovides `which python` >> >python-2.4.3-8.FC4 >> >[root@d6173 alastair]# rpm -q --whatprovides `which yum` >> >yum-2.4.1-1.fc4 >> >[root@d6173 alastair]# yum update >> >There was a problem importing one of the Python modules >> >required to run yum. The error leading to this problem was: >> > >> > /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cElementTree.so: undefined symbol: >> >PyUnicodeUCS4_DecodeUTF8 >> > >> >Please install a package which provides this module, or >> >verify that the module is installed correctly. >> > >> >It's possible that the above module doesn't match the >> >current version of Python, which is: >> >2.4.1 (#2, May 3 2005, 17:14:18) >> >[GCC 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)] >> > >> >If you cannot solve this problem yourself, please go to >> >the yum faq at: >> > <a href="http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq">http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq</a> >> > >> > >> > >> >I've been using yum with virtually no problems for a year. As far as I >> know >> >(!) I havent changed any settings related to character sets, in fact I >> dont >> >even know how to check. >> >What should I do to check this out? >> > >> >Is it possible I have a corrupt shared object file? >> > >> >Thanks again, >> > >> >Alastair >> > >> >P.S. Apologies for the stupid subject line, I sent the email before I >> wrote >> >anything descritive in there! >> > >> Sorry about the wild goose chase on the character set thing. Its >> something changeable through an environment variable so its something >> that could easily be changed. At least that would explain the sudden >> change in behavior. After I pursued this line for a little while it >> dawned on me that the version of python being reported doesn't make >> sense. >> >> It looks like the copy of python that's in yum's path has regressed to >> something REALLY old. rpm -q showed python-2.4.3-8.FC4 but yum is >> complaining about a problem with 2.4.1 compiled with gcc 3.2.2. When I >> run python from the command line on my FC4 box, I get: >> >> [root@bend ~]# python >> Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 13 2006, 16:41:18) >> [GCC 4.0.2 20051125 (Red Hat 4.0.2-8)] on linux2 >> >> The version number that python reports matches the version number for >> the python rpm. Also, the gcc version python was compiled with matches >> the current version of gcc for FC4. >> >> Try running python (if it will run) from the command line and see what >> it gives for a start-up message (ctrl-D to exit the python CLI). If it >> matches the error message you're getting then at least things are >> consistent and you may need to just re-install python. Not sure how >> your system got into this state. If you get the same thing I got >> (matches what rpm says is the installed version) then something really >> strange is going on. yum is somehow picking up an old copy of python. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave >> >> -- >> Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. >> -- Ambrose Bierce >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com"> fedora-list@redhat.com</a> >> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> > > > > > Ok I've still got a problem I dont quite understand! > > So i did this: > > rpm -i --force ~alastair/python-2.4.3-8.FC4.i386.rpm > > However, python still does this: > > [alastair@d6173 sh]$ python Python 2.4.1 (#2, May 3 2005, 17:14:18) > [GCC 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> So which python is first in your PATH? $ which python > So the only thing that looks like it has been changed is the symlink > /usr/bin/python2 > > Is there another rpm command I should be using for this? Was the commercial app that you believe to be the culprit installed using RPM? Paul. -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list </a></blockquote><div> Hi Paul, <div style="margin-left: 40px;">[alastair@d6173 alastair]# which python /usr/bin/python [alastair@d6173 alastair]# </div> The App I believe to be the culprit was installed with a shell script. I didnt look at it closely and now its disappeared! Any ideas on how I can bring python back to life? Best regards and thanks, Alastair </div> </div>