So, I've finally had some extra time to work on this and I've made a few tweaks to the spec and one of the patches. It now builds fine, including the tests in %check. Thank you Terje, and others for your help :)
Here is the latest stuff: http://yum.virtualxistenz.com/python-svn/
Questions, comments, screams-of-outrage, moral or immoral indignations?
--Tim _____________________________________________________________ < Please, won't somebody tell me what diddie-wa-diddie means? > ------------------------------------------------------------- \ \ \ \ /\ ( ) .( o ).