[CentOS] yum and python. grief and grief. CentOS 4.3

[Dan Shidlovsky]

> Now call me  suspicious, but your python does not identify itself, and
> you don't seem to list the python version. Did you upgrade python?
No.

$ python
Python 2.3.4 (#1 Feb 22 2005, 04:09:37)
[GCC 3.4.3 20041212 (Red Hat 3.4.3.-9.EL4) on linux2
Type  "help" ...
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