ImportError: ld.so.1: python: fatal: relocation error:

[Dirkjan Ochtman]

trich wrote:
> I am sooo new to mercurial and trying to figure it out, any help would be
> appreciated.
> I installed mercurial on SUN sparc solaris 10
> I am getting a python error:
> ImportError: ld.so.1: python: fatal: relocation error: file
> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/zlib.so: symbol inflateCopy: referenced
> symbol not found
> 
> #hg clone Scholarships /u/udptjr/mercurial/sandbox/scholarships 
> Not trusting file /uu/mercurial/Scholarships/.hg/hgrc from untrusted user
> dpgm, group jpgmr
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/local/bin/hg", line 20, in <module>
>     mercurial.dispatch.run()
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mercurial/dispatch.py", line
> 20, in run
>     sys.exit(dispatch(sys.argv[1:]))
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mercurial/dispatch.py", line
> 29, in dispatch
>     return _runcatch(u, args)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mercurial/dispatch.py", line
> 79, in _runcatch
>     except revlog.RevlogError, inst:
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py",
> line 74, in __getattribute__
>     self._load()
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py",
> line 46, in _load
>     mod = _origimport(head, globals, locals)
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mercurial/revlog.py", line
> 20, in <module>
>     _compress = zlib.compress
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py",
> line 74, in __getattribute__
>     self._load()
>   File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mercurial/demandimport.py",
> line 46, in _load
>     mod = _origimport(head, globals, locals)
> ImportError: ld.so.1: python: fatal: relocation error: file
> /usr/local/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/zlib.so: symbol inflateCopy: referenced
> symbol not found

This actually looks like a Python problem, maybe some mismatch with the 
installed zlib? No clue what "relocation errors" mean.

Cheers,

Dirkjan