Solaris 10 + Sun Studio 12 Pyrhon 2.4.4 64-bit build problem

[MrJean1]

Building 64-bit Python 2.4.4 on Solaris 10 and SUC C/C++ using the
instructions from

  <http://ccnuma.anu.edu.au/~wpc/blog/programming/building-
python.html>

worked just fine on Ultra 20 Opteron machine.  The test result summary
is below.

/Jean Brouwers

....
249 tests OK.
2 tests failed:
    test_cmath test_pty
40 tests skipped:
    test_aepack test_al test_applesingle test_bsddb test_bsddb185
    test_bsddb3 test_bz2 test_cd test_cl test_codecmaps_cn
    test_codecmaps_hk test_codecmaps_jp test_codecmaps_kr
    test_codecmaps_tw test_crypt test_curses test_dl test_gdbm test_gl
    test_imageop test_imgfile test_linuxaudiodev test_macfs
    test_macostools test_nis test_normalization test_ossaudiodev
    test_pep277 test_plistlib test_rgbimg test_scriptpackages
    test_socket_ssl test_socketserver test_tcl test_timeout
    test_unicode_file test_urllib2net test_urllibnet test_winreg
    test_winsound
5 skips unexpected on sunos5:
    test_tcl test_bz2 test_crypt test_dl test_nis


plumb and tree wrote:
> I've been trying for days to build 64 bit python with Solaris 10 + Sun
> Studio 12.
>
> Can anyone helpl please.
>