problem with FFT module from Numeric 20.2.0

[Nick Efford]

I'm trying to build a working Numeric 20.2.0 from source using
GCC 3.0 on a Linux system running Python 2.1.  Python is also
compiled with GCC 3.0.  Numeric itself seems to work - at least,
the tests all pass - but the FFT module is causing problems:

  >>> import FFT
  Fatal Python error: can't initialize module fftpack
  Abort

Can anyone offer an explanation or suggest a possible fix?

Many thanks,


Nick