why do yum transaction fails with error "/usr/libexec/platform-python: symbol lookup error: /usr/libexec/platform-python: undefined symbol: _Py_LegacyLocaleDetected' ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The yum transaction fails with the error below.
# yum clean all 
/usr/libexec/platform-python: symbol lookup error: /usr/libexec/platform-python: undefined symbol: _Py_LegacyLocaleDetected

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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