On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 08:48:04 +1030, Geoffrey D. Bennett wrote: > Strange as it seems, I can reproduce that error ("'module' object has > no attribute 'error'" and the rest of it) when any of the following > isn't installed: > > e2fsprogs-1.34-1.i386.rpm > openssl-0.9.7a-23.i686.rpm > krb5-libs-1.3.1-6.i386.rpm > > Presuming you have the python from FC1, I'm guessing that installing > all of the above will get yum going again. > > The actual library that isn't found occurs earlier in the strace; I > was looking for SOCKS libraries too :-). Thanks! I upgraded e2fsprogs and krb5-libs and now it works! My last run of yum has an upgrade openssl. So, maybe an unlogged erasure? -Paul