yum dies with rpm python 2.4

[sean darcy]

installed python 2.4.

rebuilt rpm, and yum.

yum dies here:

yum upgrade
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 6, in ?
    import yummain
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 23, in ?
    import yum
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 20, in ?
    import rpm
ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rpmmodule.so: undefined 
symbol: PyDictIter_Type

???

sean