<div>On 20/09/06, Robin Laing <<a href="mailto:Robin.Laing@drdc-rddc.gc.ca">Robin.Laing@drdc-rddc.gc.ca</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Paul Howarth wrote: > Alastair McKinley wrote: > >> On 9/20/06, Paul Howarth <<a href="mailto:paul@city-fan.org">paul@city-fan.org</a>> wrote: >> >>> >>> 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> >> >> >> >> >> Hi Paul, >> >> [alastair@d6173 alastair]# which python >> /usr/bin/python >> [alastair@d6173 alastair]# >> >> The App I believe to be the culprit was installed with a shell script. I >> didnt look at it closely and now its disappeared! > > > Earlier in the thread it appeared that root was getting python 2.4.3 and > your regular user account was getting python 2.4.1. So what's the output > of "which python" when run from your regular account? > > Paul. > What do you get when you echo $PATH from a terminal window? If there is a "python" path listed, then you have to find where that is being added. Check your local configuration files. I do this with grep PATH ~/.* which only returns .bash_profile. The commercial application may work after changing the PATH if it hasn't written over your newer python some how. -- Robin Laing -- 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> echo $PATH gives: /usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin So there is no python path. I was about to no rpm -e --nodeps python but does rpm not use python? Is there any other way I can force python to reinstall? Best regards, Alastair </div> </div>