Thanks Dennis and Fredrik. This actualy works! I just copyed _socket.pyd and _ssl.pyd from regular Python 2.4.3 into the DLLs directory of the ActiveState Python installation. urllib2.urlopen() starts working for https links :)
I copied ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll earlier. "Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Jack wrote: >> Thanks for the reply. >> >> I found some openSSL patches for earlier versions of ActiveState Python. >> It involves .pyd files and they look for earlier versions of Python DLLs >> and don't run on ActiveState Python 2.4. I suspect the regular Python >> solution would >> have the same problem or even more problems because it's not a pure .py >> patch. > > huh? the "regular Python solution" ships with a perfectly working SSL > library (in DLLs/_ssl.pyd), which look for the appropriate version of the > Python DLL: > > > dumpbin /imports "\python24\DLLs\_ssl.pyd" > Microsoft (R) COFF Binary File Dumper Version 6.00.8168 > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1992-1998. All rights reserved. > > Dump of file \python24\DLLs\_ssl.pyd > > File Type: DLL > > Section contains the following imports: > > WSOCK32.dll > ... > python24.dll > ... > > (what's the point in using ActiveState's crippled distribution if you need > stuff that's shipped with the standard distro, btw? why not just use the > standard version, and install win32all on top of that?) > > </F> > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
