[TriZPUG] Compiling Old Python on x86_64

[Chris Calloway]

Email me offline if you think you know a workaround. I'll share and 
attribute if anything works. You will actually be doing TriPython a 
service if you have an answer for this. This is helping a key piece of 
TriPython infrastructure migrate.

I'm trying to compile Python 2.3 in 32 bits on a 64 bit system. "Why," 
you may ask. I need this in order to unpickle some objects on a new system.

I've tried a lot of things:

CFLAGS=-m32 isn't recognized by configure as a valid option.

CFLAGS="-march=i686" isn't recognized by configure as a valid option.

CFLAGS="-mtune=i686" compiles almost fine but ends up making a 64 bit 
Python. I say almost fine because test_zipimport fails because it 
apparently needs sys.maxint to be the correct size for 32 bits on Python 
2.3. But the bad part is simply this still makes a 64 bit Python, which 
will not correctly unpickle my objects from another 32 bit system.

I have glibc-devel.i686 installed.

-- 
Sincerely,

Chris Calloway http://nccoos.org/Members/cbc
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