2.2.1 build fails on linux

[holger krekel]

Whitney Williams wrote:
> 
> I cannot build a working 2.2.1 installation, and wondered if anyone else had
> encountered this problem (and found  a workaround)...
> 
> whitney at freaky:~/src/Python-2.2.1$ gcc -v
> Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.0.4/specs
> Configured with:
> ../gcc-3.0.4/configure --with--gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --enable-threads
> Thread model: posix
> gcc version 3.0.4

I second that builds with gcc 3.0.4 failed on some of our machines, too.
I have never had any problem with a pre-3 (read 2.95.4) gcc so i
*assume* that gcc3 is the problem.

    holger