FC4

Thu Sep 21 12:20:08 UTC 2006

On 20/09/06, Robin Laing <Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
>
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> > Alastair McKinley wrote:
> >
> >> On 9/20/06, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Alastair McKinley wrote:
> >>> > On 9/20/06, David G. Miller <dave at davenjudy.org> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> "Alastair McKinley" <amckinley03 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >>> >>
> >>> >> >Hi Dave,
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >Thanks for your help.  This is what I've got:
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >[root at d6173 alastair]# rpm -q --whatprovides
> >>> >> >/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/cElementTree.so
> >>> >> >python-elementtree-1.2.6-4
> >>> >> >[root at d6173 alastair]# rpm -q --whatprovides `which python`
> >>> >> >python-2.4.3-8.FC4
> >>> >> >[root at d6173 alastair]# rpm -q --whatprovides `which yum`
> >>> >> >yum-2.4.1-1.fc4
> >>> >> >[root at 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:
> >>> >> >  http://wiki.linux.duke.edu/YumFaq
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >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 at 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
> >>> >>
> >>> >> --
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> >>> principles.
> >>> >> -- Ambrose Bierce
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> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> > 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 at 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.
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi Paul,
> >>
> >> [alastair at d6173 alastair]# which python
> >> /usr/bin/python
> >> [alastair at 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
>
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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
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