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  Re: error importing smtplib Dieter Maurer <dieter@handshake.de> - 2012-11-16 20:38 +0100

#33448 — Re: error importing smtplib

Eric Frederich <eric.frederich@gmail.com> writes:

> I created some bindings to a 3rd party library.
> I have found that when I run Python and import smtplib it works fine.
> If I first log into the 3rd party application using my bindings however I
> get a bunch of errors.
>
> What do you think this 3rd party login could be doing that would affect the
> ability to import smtp lib.
>
> Any suggestions for debugging this further.  I am lost.
>
> This works...
>
> import smtplib
> FOO_login()
>
> This doesn't...
>
> FOO_login()
> import smtplib
>
> Errors.....
>
>>>> import smtplib
> ERROR:root:code for hash sha224 was not found.
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/opt/foo/python27/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 139, in <module>
>     globals()[__func_name] = __get_hash(__func_name)
>   File "/opt/foo/python27/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 103, in
> __get_openssl_constructor
>     return __get_builtin_constructor(name)
>   File "/opt/foo/python27/lib/python2.7/hashlib.py", line 91, in
> __get_builtin_constructor
>     raise ValueError('unsupported hash type %s' % name)
> ValueError: unsupported hash type sha224

>From the error, I suppose it does something bad
for hash registries.

When I have analysed problems with "hashlib" (some time ago,
my memory may not be completely trustworthy), I got the
impression that "hashlib" essentially delegates to the
"openssl" libraries for the real work and especially
the supported hash types. Thus, I suspect that
your "FOO_login()" does something which confuses "openssl".
One potential reason could be that it loads a bad version
of an "openssl" shared library.

I would use the "trace" (shell) command to find out what operating system
calls are executed during "FOO_login()", hoping that one of them
give me a clue.

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