compiling on AIX 5.3 with vacpp

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I am trying to compile Python 2.5 on AIX 5.3. I used

export PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/vacpp/bin

OPT=-O2 ./configure --with-gcc="xlc_r -q64" --with-cxx="xlC_r -q64"
--disable-ipv6 AR="ar -X64"

make

The following error stops make in its track:

building '_locale' extension
./Modules/ld_so_aix xlc_r -q64 -bI:Modules/python.exp
build/temp.aix-5.3-2.5/home/pxadm/.test/Python-2.5/Modules/_localemodule.o
-L/usr/local/lib -o build/lib.aix-5.3-2.5/_locale.so
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .bindtextdomain
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .textdomain
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .dcgettext
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .dgettext
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .gettext
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more
information.
*** WARNING: renaming "_locale" since importing it failed:
0509-022 Cannot load module build/lib.aix-5.3-2.5.
        0509-026 System error: A file or directory in the path name
does not exist.
error: No such file or directory
make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1.

Stop.

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Any help appreciated as to explain what that error could mean and
possible ways of fixing it.