Anyway, I'll wait patiently for a new version of python to come out. Surely if there serious errors in the last version there should be a replacement soon? I assume rpm will work with the "bad" python ...
I'll be very surprised if python-2.4 turns up as an errata update for python-2.3 based FC3. There may be an updated 2.3 RPM, but since you have 2.4 installed already, your system won't use it.
You could try downgrading back to FC3 as follows:
1. Get the python 2.3 RPM from the your FC3 install media (python-2.3.4-11.i386.rpm) and put it in a temporary directory (e.g. /tmp/downgrade)
2. Attempt to downgrade to it: rpm -Uvh --oldpackage /tmp/downgrade/*.rpm
3. Step 2 will likely result in a bunch of dependency issues, e.g. python = 2.4.x-y is needed by (installed) python-devel-2.4.x-y.i386
4. For each of the packages named as dependencies, get the FC3 version of that package from your FC3 install media and put it in your temporary directory.
5. Go back to step 2 until it works.
Paul.
