On Sat, May 26, 2018 at 3:45 AM, Bill Maidment <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> But first.....
> I found a pile of directories from the attempts to install python-urllib3. I deleted them all
> rm -fr /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/urllib3/packages/ssl_match_hostname*
> (dangerous, I know)
> and the rpm then installed OK.
>
> Hopefully, that is the end of that problem. Now for the other one.
> Cheers
> Bill

Turns out this is a known issue. See this RHEL users' discussion thread:

https://access.redhat.com/discussions/3411171#comment-1300851

and a solution article:

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3440171
(basically saying the same thing as in the discussion post: issues
with python backports files)

Akemi