Hi apis,
Sorry for inconvenience. The error message you encountered is quite
useless. My bad.
Anyway, I experienced the same error. In my case, I used python-2.4.3
rpm package in CentOS5 repository. I figured out where the problem
happened. SSL_CTX_new() call that was invoked by Python's SSL library
failed.
So, after struggling with this, I applied the patch(attached to this
e-mail) to Python RPM, re-built it, and installed it. That solved my
problem. I hope this patch may will solve your problem too, but I'm
not sure about that.
Please use this patch at your own risk. In my case, there is no any
side-effect or trouble so far, but I can't give you 100% guarantee.
Regards,
-- Takashi Matsuo