[V N] > I installed openssl-1.0.0d.tar.gz on my RHEL 5 box using: > ./config --prefix=/usr/local --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl > shared zlib
you need to compile openssl with -fPIC flags, depending on your system and compiler: ./config linux-generic:gcc -fPIC shared and then recompile Python. otherwise, look at the make log to see why the building of ssl module failed. nirinA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
