I just built python 2.2.2 on solaris 7 or 2.7 to be
technically correct.  I then fire up the interpreter
and import test.testall. It fails for socket, which is
very import to me and my users. I then import _socket
and get the following info

Python 2.2.2 (#4, Feb  6 2003, 17:17:38) [C] on sunos5
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
more information.
>>> import _socket
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: ld.so.1:
/soft/apps/packages/Python-2.2.2/bin/python: fatal:
relocation error: file
/soft/apps/packages/Python-2.2.2/lib/python2.2/_socket.so:
symbol __eprintf: referenced symbol not found

Thanks for any help.
Rick

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This error looks familiar, but I don't recall the cause. 
Did you have a working version of python on this machine? 
What compiler and version are you using?  Is __eprintf in a
library (libc.a)?  Is that not getting linked?  Is it using
the correct linker and library locations?

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IIRC this usually happens when you compile with gcc and link
with the system ld or vice versa or something like that.

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This means something didn't get linked with -lgcc. As mwh
guessed, this is usually because Solaris' 'ld' was used
instead of the GNU one. Does the build machine have a
working install of binutils as well as gcc?

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Most likely, the OpenSSL library was build with gcc. You
will need to

a) recompile all of Python with gcc, or
b) uninstall the OpenSSL library, or
c) modify Modules/Setup, to tell Python that the socket
module should be built without SSL support.

closing as not-a-bug.