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 >