[tor-bugs] #12462 [Tor bundles/installation]: Firefox ESR 31 needs a Python with HTTPSHandler enabled

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#12462: Firefox ESR 31 needs a Python with HTTPSHandler enabled
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 Reporter:  gk                        |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:
 Keywords:                            |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #12460                    |         Points:
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 Using the Python we are currently building for compiling ESR 24 gives
 {{{
 Installing setuptools, pip...
   Complete output from command /home/gk/asan/mozill...ualenv/bin/python2.7
 -c "import sys, pip; sys...d\"] + sys.argv[1:]))" setuptools pip:
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
   File "/home/gk/asan/mozilla-
 beta/python/virtualenv/virtualenv_support/pip-1.5.4-py2.py3-none-
 any.whl/pip/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
   File "/home/gk/asan/mozilla-
 beta/python/virtualenv/virtualenv_support/pip-1.5.4-py2.py3-none-
 any.whl/pip/util.py", line 18, in <module>
   File "/home/gk/asan/mozilla-
 beta/python/virtualenv/virtualenv_support/pip-1.5.4-py2.py3-none-
 any.whl/pip/_vendor/distlib/version.py", line 14, in <module>
   File "/home/gk/asan/mozilla-
 beta/python/virtualenv/virtualenv_support/pip-1.5.4-py2.py3-none-
 any.whl/pip/_vendor/distlib/compat.py", line 31, in <module>
 ImportError: cannot import name HTTPSHandler
 }}}
 when trying to compile ESR 31. We need to install the libssl-dev package
 when building Python in gitian-utils.yml

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