[NMLUG] RPM's

[moegold2001 at yahoo.com (Moses Gold)]

maybe compile python 2.2 from a source rpm (some links below).

http://www.python.org/2.2.3/rpms.html
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/openpkg/release/1.3/SRC/python-2.2.3-1.3.0.src.html
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/fedora/1/src/python-2.2.3-7.src.html
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/SRPMS/python-2.2.3-7.src.rpm


--- Will Pearson <wpearson@mail.sfps.k12.nm.us> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I've encountered a situation with Python 2.2 on one of my computers. I
> was compiling some software which required Python 2.2 and above.
> Afterwards my Python installation seems to have been corrupted. I
> rebooted and the system wouldn't boot without me fsck'ing it. Fsck
> discovered several problems with files in Python which were screwed up
> and removed them. There aren't any more file system problems but Python
> is corrupted. I did an RPM verification on the Python package and it
> confirmed that those files were now missing. I've tried uninstalling
> Python but other packages require it and I don't feel confident removing
> it and then installing it again because it may corrupt something else.
> How can I go about reinstalling the Python RPM package without
> corrupting anything?
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