how could one set the compiler correctly? http://opencsw has a setuptools package, which does not use the cc in the path, but in /opt/studio/SOS11/SUNWspro/bin/cc so the following happens: # CC=/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc easy_install genshi Searching for genshi Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/genshi/ Reading http://genshi.edgewall.org/ Reading http://genshi.edgewall.org/wiki/Download Best match: Genshi 0.5.1 Downloading http://ftp.edgewall.com/pub/genshi/Genshi-0.5.1.zip Processing Genshi-0.5.1.zip Running Genshi-0.5.1/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/ easy_install-7yiT65/Genshi-0.5.1/egg-dist-tmp-Cp42JQ warning: no previously-included files found matching 'doc/ 2000ft.graffle' warning: no previously-included files matching '*' found under directory 'doc/logo.lineform' unable to execute /opt/studio/SOS11/SUNWspro/bin/cc: No such file or directory ********************************************************************** WARNING: An optional C extension could not be compiled, speedups will not be available. ********************************************************************** Adding Genshi 0.5.1 to easy-install.pth file Installed /opt/csw/lib/python2.6/site-packages/Genshi-0.5.1-py2.6- solaris-2.10-sun4v.egg Processing dependencies for genshi Finished processing dependencies for genshi