problem building python 2.1 on Solaris 8 with gcc (-mcpu=ultrasparc)

[Emmanuel Hocdet]

In article <9g6c29$rb3$1 at front7m.grolier.fr>, "Emmanuel Hocdet"
<manu at meta-x.org> wrote:

The problem come from a compil optimisation: -mcpu=ultrasparc
a gcc bug?

> i compil python 2.1 on Sparc Solaris 8 with gcc 2.95.3 and have a pbl...
> :(
> any idea?
> 
> manu
> 
> [...]
> gcc   -o python \
>                 Modules/python.o \
>                 libpython2.1.a -lpthread -lsocket -lnsl -ldl  -lthread  
>                 -lm
> PYTHONPATH= ./python ./setup.py build Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "./setup.py", line 14, in ?
>     from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
>   File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1.manu/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py",
>   line 21, in ?
>     extension_name_re = re.compile \
>   File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1/Lib/sre.py", line 90, in compile
>     return _compile(pattern, flags)
>   File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1/Lib/sre.py", line 134, in _compile
>     p = sre_compile.compile(pattern, flags)
>   File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1/Lib/sre_compile.py", line 368, in compile
>     code = _code(p, flags)
>   File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1/Lib/sre_compile.py", line 349, in _code
>     _compile_info(code, p, flags)
>   File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1/Lib/sre_compile.py", line 238, in
>   _compile_info
>     lo, hi = pattern.getwidth()
>   File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1.manu/Lib/sre_parse.py", line 173, in
>   getwidth
>     self.width = int(min(lo, sys.maxint)), int(min(hi, sys.maxint))
> OverflowError: long int too large to convert make: *** [sharedmods]
> Error 1