Making RH 8.0 work

Hi,

OK, I decided to start a new, fresh attempt to make Current work on
RH 8.0 as a server, using RH 8.0 up2date client, with no success (yet).
I'm using the release-1_4_x-branch and have mod_python 3.0.1 installed.

I did manage to create a channel (by replacing rpm into rpm404
in channel.py) and I have a running server, although I have no
idea to what extend it is functioning.

When I run up2date, it seems to communicate with the server (that's
what I see with tcpdump), but the "Privacy Statement" window stays
empty (there is a privacy statement in my current.conf) and up2date
gives this traceback:

  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/gui.py", line 384, in onPrivacyPagePrepare    text = rhnreg.privacyText()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnreg.py", line 176, in privacyText
    return rpcServer.doCall(s.registration.privacy_statement)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 107, in doCall
    ret = apply(method, args, kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/xmlrpclib.py", line 821, in __call__
    return self.__send(self.__name, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/rpclib.py", line 126, in _request
    verbose=self._verbose
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 118, in request
    headers, fd = req.send_http(host, handler)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/transports.py", line 604, in send_http
    response = self._connection.getresponse()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/connections.py", line 103, in getresponse
    response.begin()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/httplib.py", line 119, in begin
    line = self.fp.readline()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/rhn/SSL.py", line 228, in readline
    data = self._connection.recv(bufsize)
SSL.SysCallError: (-1, 'Unexpected EOF')

Somnething very obvious is probably wrong here, but I don't see it...

Thanks,

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