hi,
Yes, _md5 is enabled but I get a very long list under Failed to build these modules: ... list of mostly all extension modules ... This list was empty earlier.
at some point, the compilation failed to detect needed headers or libraries files. i suggest you to try something simple in order to see what is wrong in the compilation step. first, when compiling openssl. your wrote in original post:
I installed openssl-1.0.0d.tar.gz on my RHEL 5 box using: ./config --prefix=/usr/local --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl shared zlib make sudo make install
just try: ./config make make install and nothing else. do su root, when you install, not sudo. don't use any --prefix=xxx nor --openssldir=xxx. use the default location, that is /usr/local/ssl as this is the location where Python looks for ssl headers and libraries. don't use shared. Python uses static libraries and as far as i can tell, shared libraries are not supported yet on x86_64 platform. with openssl-1.0.0d, i think you don't even need to specify the -fPIC flag, but using it doesn't hurt. you also wrote:
And, the following files are created in /usr/local/lib64: libssl.a, libssl.so, libcrypto.a, libcrypto.so. Also, the binary openssl is created in the bin directory.
these files aren't used at all, unless you change the setup.py file to build _ssl extension. i repeat: Python uses /usr/local/ssl directory (or /usr/contrib/ssl/) to look for ssl headers and libraries. secondly, when compiling Python:
Then I installed python 2.7.1 using PYHOME=/usr/local/Python-2.7.1; export PYHOME LD_RUN_PATH=$PYHOME/lib; export LD_RUN_PATH LDFLAGS="-L /usr/local/lib64 -L /usr/local/lib"; export LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/include -I /usr/local/include/ openssl"; export CPPFLAGS ./configure --enable-shared --prefix=$PYHOME > log_cfg 2>&1 make > log_mk 2>&1 sudo make install > log_mk_i 2>&1
try something simple instead of these messy configurations! just try: ./configure make make install if you want to install Python in a specific directory, e.g. /usr/local/Python-2.7.1 , use: make install DESTDIR=/usr/local/Python-2.7.1 and then, you play with: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/Python-2.7.1/lib /usr/local/Python-2.7.1/bin/python if you really want to specify some libraries and include files, but usually you don't, Python is smart enough to find them, don't use :
LDFLAGS="-L /usr/local/lib64 -L /usr/local/lib"; export LDFLAGS CPPFLAGS="-I /usr/local/include -I /usr/local/include/ openssl"; export CPPFLAGS
pass them in the configuration line instead: CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include/openssl" \ LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib64" \ ./configure notice that there is no space between the -I or -L and the directory name. and the backslash to continue long line. finally, don't use sudo. try to log as root if possible. may be you cannot access some files needed for compilation as a simple user. and some LD*** and CPP*** flags are reset when you use sudo. hope this helps nirinA -- Simple is better than complex. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list