tried to rpm -rebuild python. running rh7.0. 2.4.0-test10, glibc from
updates. 

it goes along for a while and then:

 gcc -fPIC  -g -O2 -I./../Include -I.. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c ./pwdmodule.c
gcc -shared  pwdmodule.o  -o pwdmodule.so
gcc -fPIC  -g -O2 -I./../Include -I.. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c ./grpmodule.c
gcc -shared  grpmodule.o  -o grpmodule.so
gcc -fPIC  -g -O2 -I./../Include -I.. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c ./selectmodule.c
gcc -shared  selectmodule.o  -o selectmodule.so
gcc -fPIC  -I/usr/include/openssl -DUSE_SSL -lssl -lcrypto -g -O2
-I./../Include -I.. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -c ./socketmodule.c
./socketmodule.c:175:46: rsa.h: No such file or directory
./socketmodule.c:176:20: crypto.h: No such file or directory
./socketmodule.c:177:18: x509.h: No such file or directory
./socketmodule.c:178:17: pem.h: No such file or directory
./socketmodule.c:179:17: ssl.h: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [socketmodule.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/Python-1.5.2/Modules'
make: *** [sharedmods] Error 2
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.43542 (%build)