Bill,
Just saw this thread now, had this same problem a couple days ago. Did the
exact same thing as you did. removed the rpm package with
ssl_match_hostname
in it, then manually removed those same dirs. Then reinstalled
python-urllib3, then
after that I reinstalled python-backports-ssl_match_hostname. Was having
problems
with certbot because of this problem.
On 26-05-18 17:16, Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 3:45 AM, Bill Maidment <[email protected]> wrote:
But first.....
I found a pile of directories from the attempts to install python-urllib3. I
deleted them all
rm -fr /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urllib3/packages/ssl_match_hostname*
(dangerous, I know)
and the rpm then installed OK.
Hopefully, that is the end of that problem. Now for the other one.
Cheers
Bill
Turns out this is a known issue. See this RHEL users' discussion thread:
https://access.redhat.com/discussions/3411171#comment-1300851
and a solution article:
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3440171
(basically saying the same thing as in the discussion post: issues
with python backports files)
Akemi
