No python Crypto Random in EL6

[Pádraig Brady]

On 05/08/2013 10:22 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
> So, one of my python packages that I'd like to see in EPEL6 (StarCluster) requires python-ssh.  python-ssh does not build on EL6 because the python-crypto in RHEL6 (2.0) is too old and doesn't provide Crypto/Random (see also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908475).
> 
> I'm wondering what else might be done to get around this.  Some options may be:
> 
> - Package up Crypto/Random somehow
> - port python-ssh to some other random number generator
> 
> Any other ideas?  Suggestions welcome.

I added a workaround patch for that in openstack-glance:
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/openstack-glance.git/plain/crypto.random.patch?h=el6

thanks,
Pádraig.