Can't successfully install 2.1.1--dies in socket module

[dan brown]

Hi there,

I wish I were able to solve this myself, but I can't, despite searching the
Google archive for similar problems.

I'm trying to install 2.1.1 on a SunOS 5.7 workstation.  I'm in Canada,
which might explain the problem I'm having; all the previous times I've
installed Python have been in the US.

Basically, the procedure dies while trying to compile the socket module: 

...
building '_socket' extension
skipping /fsys1/u1/browndg/Python-2.1.1/Modules/socketmodule.c (build/temp.solaris-2.7-sun4u-2.1/socketmodule.o up-to-date)
gcc -shared build/temp.solaris-2.7-sun4u-2.1/socketmodule.o -L/usr/local/lib -lssl -lcrypto -o build/lib.solaris-2.7-sun4u-2.1/_socket.so
Text relocation remains                 	referenced
    against symbol		    offset	in file
<unknown>                           0x4       	/usr/lib/libssl.a(ssl_ciph.o)
<unknown>                           0x2c      	/usr/lib/libssl.a(ssl_ciph.o)
<unknown>                           0x54      	/usr/lib/libssl.a(ssl_ciph.o)
<unknown>                           0x7c      	/usr/lib/libssl.a(ssl_ciph.o)
<unknown>                           0xa4      	/usr/lib/libssl.a(ssl_ciph.o)
<unknown>                           0xcc      	/usr/lib/libssl.a(ssl_ciph.o)
<unknown>                           0xf4      	/usr/lib/libssl.a(ssl_ciph.o)
<unknown>                           0x11c     	/usr/lib/libssl.a(ssl_ciph.o)
[there follow thousands of lines of the same, some referencing other
modules instead.]

I don't know if this is because of a crypto export restriction, or what,
but it'd be a huge help if I could get this working.  Can anyone out there
supply ideas?  Thanks muchly.

-dan brown                                        
 browndg at uwaterloo.ca       
 Computer Science Dept.
 University of Waterloo