python2.4 on latest ubuntu doesn't have ssl support.

[djay]

The following patch needs to be applied however it looks like the detect os code doesn't differentiate ubuntu releases so I was confident making this change.

--- Modules/Setup.dist  2005-12-28 04:37:16.000000000 +1100
+++ Modules/Setup.dist  2012-05-23 23:31:22.000000000 +1000
@@ -198,14 +198,14 @@
 #_csv _csv.c

 # Socket module helper for socket(2)
-#_socket socketmodule.c
+_socket socketmodule.c

 # Socket module helper for SSL support; you must comment out the other
 # socket line above, and possibly edit the SSL variable:
-#SSL=/usr/local/ssl
-#_ssl _ssl.c \
-#  -DUSE_SSL -I$(SSL)/include -I$(SSL)/include/openssl \
-#  -L$(SSL)/lib -lssl -lcrypto
+SSL=/usr/lib/ssl
+_ssl _ssl.c \
+   -DUSE_SSL -I/usr/include/openssl \
+   -L/usr/lib/ssl -lssl -lcrypto

 # The crypt module is now disabled by default because it breaks builds
 # on many systems (where -lcrypt is needed), e.g. Linux (I believe).

[fschulze]

I added better platform detection for linux to my fork (see https://github.com/fschulze/buildout.python/tree/fschulze). You should be able to add a patch specifically for [python-2.4-build:linux2-ubuntu-precise] or [python-2.4-build:linux2-ubuntu-12.04] now.

[fschulze]

I have included the more detailed platform detection on master. Could you try to adopt your patch for that and make a pull request?

[rnixx]

python2.4 doesn't have ssl support <- this also applies for python 2.6 in ubuntu 12.04, since ssl v2 support was abandoned.

[rnixx]

here is some more details

http://blog.schmichael.com/2012/05/29/building-python-2-6-8-on-ubuntu-12-04/

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1976837

[fschulze]

See #24 for a solution.