problem building 2.1 on Solaris 8

[Emmanuel Hocdet]

i compil python 2.1 on Sparc Solaris 8 with gcc 2.95.3
and have a pbl... :(
any idea?

manu

[...]
gcc   -o python \
                Modules/python.o \
                libpython2.1.a -lpthread -lsocket -lnsl -ldl  -lthread   -lm  
PYTHONPATH= ./python ./setup.py build
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./setup.py", line 14, in ?
    from distutils.command.build_ext import build_ext
  File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1.manu/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 21, in ?
    extension_name_re = re.compile \
  File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1/Lib/sre.py", line 90, in compile
    return _compile(pattern, flags)
  File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1/Lib/sre.py", line 134, in _compile
    p = sre_compile.compile(pattern, flags)
  File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1/Lib/sre_compile.py", line 368, in compile
    code = _code(p, flags)
  File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1/Lib/sre_compile.py", line 349, in _code
    _compile_info(code, p, flags)
  File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1/Lib/sre_compile.py", line 238, in _compile_info
    lo, hi = pattern.getwidth()
  File "/opt/compil/Python-2.1.manu/Lib/sre_parse.py", line 173, in getwidth
    self.width = int(min(lo, sys.maxint)), int(min(hi, sys.maxint))
OverflowError: long int too large to convert
make: *** [sharedmods] Error 1