ImportError: No module named _ssl

[Arslan S.]

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tc@box:~$ python
Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Nov  1 2009, 20:51:29)
[GCC 4.2.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import ssl
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/ssl.py", line 60, in <module>
    import _ssl             # if we can't import it, let the error propagate
ImportError: No module named _ssl
>>>

[Jason W]

I thought the latest package had ssl support.  I will check into it tonight and rebuild if needed.

[Jason W]

A quick rebuild with --with-ssl does the trick.  Wouldn't hurt to have rebuilt against the new openssl anyway.

I will test and make sure I didn't leave out any other support (sqlite, tcl-tk) and submit a rebuilt version.  Thanks for the find.

[Arslan S.]

after python update i can't load any python modules except ssl i hope rebuilding python packages is not compulsory

[Jason W]

I know what it is, I forgot to include in the startup script to copy over the /usr/local/bin binaries as real files otherwise the extension would not work.  I will fix it tonight.

As a temporary workaround, one can use this command to put the python binaries in their right place:

cp -af /tmp/tcloop/python/usr/local/bin/* /usr/local/bin/

[Jason W]

Uploading fixed version as I speak.