[Python-Dev] Python build trouble with the new gcc/binutils

[Guido van Rossum]

> As I said at the beginning of the discussion, if I use gcc 3.1.1
> and binutils 2.12.1, the Python install works.  If I use gcc 3.2
> *or* binutils 2.13, the Python install fails.

I'm guessing that gcc 3.2 somehow also installs binutils 2.13 and that
the bug is in the latter.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

PS: Mail to guido@python.org works again.  A comcast outage caused the
forwarding service to bounce, probably from 11:30 till 1:30 EDT today.
Bad Exim!  Thanks to Barry for the quick fix.