In conversation with Dan, I have fixed my conda package (but overwritten the same version). I needed to add this to the build:
# sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib CC='gcc -m32' make python
I don't have 32-bit headers by default anymore on my distro. With that change, I can run:
% conda install -c davidmertz python=0.9 % python
2*2
4
Dan sent me links to some patches he developed himself, but I have not applied them. I'm not doubting that they are good and useful, but I'm trying to make something as close as possible to what was actually first released.