I came across this today, and found a similar bug in launchpad [1]. The following commands worked for me (including cleaning up beforehand):
cd Python-2.3.7 make distclean ./configure BASECFLAGS=-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE make I hope that helps. zenzike [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-defaults/+bug/286334 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
