No python Crypto Random in EL6

[Orion Poplawski]

On 05/08/2013 03:54 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 05/08/2013 10:22 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>> So, one of my python packages that I'd like to see in EPEL6 (StarCluster) requires python-ssh.  python-ssh does not build on EL6 because the python-crypto in RHEL6 (2.0) is too old and doesn't provide Crypto/Random (see also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908475).
>>
>> I'm wondering what else might be done to get around this.  Some options may be:
>>
>> - Package up Crypto/Random somehow
>> - port python-ssh to some other random number generator
>>
>> Any other ideas?  Suggestions welcome.
>
> I added a workaround patch for that in openstack-glance:
> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/openstack-glance.git/plain/crypto.random.patch?h=el6
>
> thanks,
> Pádraig.

Thanks for that suggestion.  Here is my proposed patch for python-ssh then. 
Comments welcome.

Silas -

  I can commit this to the el6 branch if you'd like.  Or I could commit to 
master and merge to el6 depending on how you track spec files across the 
branches.  Or perhaps you want to take care of it?

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