Compiling python error

[Fredrik Lundh]

James" <j.c.mcnulty at open.ac.uk> wrote:
> When I try to configure python i get the following errors.

what platform?  what Python version?  what compiler version?
(etc)

> checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) is a cross-compiler... yes

this usually means that your compiler failed to compile a trivial C
program into something that could be executed on your machine.
usual causes are bad licenses or botched compiler installations.

check the config.log file for more clues.

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