Bug 7119 - Can't use NIS module with Python
Summary: Can't use NIS module with Python
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: python
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael K. Johnson
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-11-18 22:46 UTC by James Graves
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-11-22 17:50:02 UTC
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Description James Graves 1999-11-18 22:46:38 UTC 
I can't import and use the NIS module with Python 1.5.2.  This is what it
looks like trying it from the interactive prompt:

# python
Python 1.5.2 (#1, Nov 18 1999, 16:29:32)  [GCC egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux
(egcs- on linux-i386
Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
>>> import nis
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: /usr/lib/python1.5/lib-dynload/nismodule.so: undefined
symbol: yperr_string


I've looked at the definition of /usr/include/rpcsvc/ypclnt.h and
yperr_string is indeed in there.  I don't do much with dynamically loaded
libraries, so I'm not sure where to go from here.
Comment 1 Michael K. Johnson 1999-11-22 17:50:59 UTC 
nismodule needed to be linked with -lnsl
Fixed in python-1.5.2-8 package which will be in the next RawHide
release.  Please re-open this bug if that is not the case.

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