AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'openssl_md_meth_names'
<p>I am calling a python script from another python script,irrespective of the output the python script I am calling I get the following error in <code>stderr</code>,I googled but couldn't find anything concrete,am clueless as to why am getting this error?does anyone have any idea on how to fix it?</p>

<pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\runpy.py", line 151, in _run_module_as_main
    mod_name, loader, code, fname = _get_module_details(mod_name)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\runpy.py", line 109, in _get_module_details
    return _get_module_details(pkg_main_name)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\runpy.py", line 101, in _get_module_details
    loader = get_loader(mod_name)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pkgutil.py", line 464, in get_loader
    return find_loader(fullname)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pkgutil.py", line 474, in find_loader
    for importer in iter_importers(fullname):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\pkgutil.py", line 430, in iter_importers
    __import__(pkg)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\__init__.py", line 14, in &lt;module&gt;
    from pip.utils import get_installed_distributions, get_prog
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\utils\__init__.py", line 27, in &lt;module&gt;
    from pip._vendor import pkg_resources
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 35,
    import email.parser
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\parser.py", line 12, in &lt;module&gt;
    from email.feedparser import FeedParser
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\feedparser.py", line 27, in &lt;module&gt;
    from email import message
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\message.py", line 16, in &lt;module&gt;
    import email.charset
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\charset.py", line 13, in &lt;module&gt;
    import email.base64mime
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\base64mime.py", line 40, in &lt;module&gt;
    from email.utils import fix_eols
  File "C:\Python27\lib\email\utils.py", line 27, in &lt;module&gt;
    import random
  File "C:\Python27\lib\random.py", line 49, in &lt;module&gt;
    import hashlib as _hashlib
  File "C:\Python27\lib\hashlib.py", line 138, in &lt;module&gt;
    _hashlib.openssl_md_meth_names)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'openssl_md_meth_names'
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<p>Try to run <code>brew cleanup</code> and after that <code>brew postinstall python</code>. </p>

<p>For more info see <a href="https://github.com/Homebrew/legacy-homebrew/issues/36346" rel="nofollow">this thread</a></p>

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