yum fails with traceback "AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'HTTPSHandler'"

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Issue

  • yum generates the follow traceback:

    # yum 
    Traceback (most recent call last): 
      File "/usr/bin/yum", line 4, in ? 
        import yum 
      File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 49, in ? 
        import config 
      File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/config.py", line 27, in ? 
        from parser import ConfigPreProcessor 
      File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/parser.py", line 3, in ? 
        import urlgrabber 
      File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/__init__.py", line 53, in ? 
        from grabber import urlgrab, urlopen, urlread 
      File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 412, in ? 
        import keepalive 
      File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/keepalive.py", line 339, in ? 
        class HTTPSHandler(KeepAliveHandler, urllib2.HTTPSHandler): 
    AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'HTTPSHandler'
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
  • yum

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