[CentOS] Python hashlib and ripemd160

[Alice Wonder]

okay it appears there are no suspect patent issues with ripemd160 so 
either they just didn't include it for some other reason or the issue is 
elsewhere.

On 02/03/2016 03:00 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote:
> well, how about compiling instance to another directory like
> /opt/python-alternative?
>
> usually works like ./configure --prefix=/opt/python-alternative and then
> other normal stuff..
>
> --
> Eero
>
> 2016-02-03 12:52 GMT+02:00 Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net>:
>
>> Hi - I think the patent monster has struck again.
>>
>> rmd = hashlib.new('ripemd160',binascii.unhexlify(someString)).hexdigest()
>>
>> That fails - ValueError: unsupported hash type
>>
>>  From some googling, it appears that the supported hash types are from
>> OpenSSL and that means the OpenSSL in CentOS doesn't support ripemd160.
>>
>> I've worked around other stuff missing from CentOS OpenSSL by building
>> LibreSSL and linking against that but python is central to the operation of
>> CentOS and I do not want to mess with replacing the CentOS packaging of
>> python.
>>
>> Is there an alternate way to get a ripemd160 hash in python on CentOS ?
>> _______________________________________________
>> CentOS mailing list
>> CentOS at centos.org
>> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>>
> _______________________________________________
> CentOS mailing list
> CentOS at centos.org
> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
>