diff -u Python-2.6.6_orig/configure Python-2.6.6/configure
--- Python-2.6.6_orig/configure	2010-05-24 22:27:03.000000000 -0400
+++ Python-2.6.6/configure	2010-09-18 11:10:35.127976185 -0400
@@ -12760,12 +12760,12 @@
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for %zd printf() format support" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for %zd printf() format support... " >&6; }
-if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
-  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-as_fn_error "cannot run test program while cross compiling
-See \`config.log' for more details." "$LINENO" 5; }
-else
+#if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+#  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+#$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+#as_fn_error "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+#See \`config.log' for more details." "$LINENO" 5; }
+#else
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -12815,7 +12815,7 @@
 fi
 rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
   conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
+#fi
 
 
 ac_fn_c_check_type "$LINENO" "socklen_t" "ac_cv_type_socklen_t" "
diff -u Python-2.6.6_orig/configure.in Python-2.6.6/configure.in
--- Python-2.6.6_orig/configure.in	2010-05-24 22:27:03.000000000 -0400
+++ Python-2.6.6/configure.in	2010-09-18 11:34:37.583770305 -0400
@@ -3860,48 +3860,48 @@
   AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 fi
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for %zd printf() format support)
-AC_TRY_RUN([#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#endif
-
-#ifdef HAVE_SSIZE_T
-typedef ssize_t Py_ssize_t;
-#elif SIZEOF_VOID_P == SIZEOF_LONG
-typedef long Py_ssize_t;
-#else
-typedef int Py_ssize_t;
-#endif
-
-int main()
-{
-    char buffer[256];
-
-    if(sprintf(buffer, "%zd", (size_t)123) < 0)
-       	return 1;
-
-    if (strcmp(buffer, "123"))
-	return 1;
-
-    if (sprintf(buffer, "%zd", (Py_ssize_t)-123) < 0)
-       	return 1;
-
-    if (strcmp(buffer, "-123"))
-	return 1;
-
-    return 0;
-}],
-[AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
- AC_DEFINE(PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T, "z", [Define to printf format modifier for Py_ssize_t])],
- AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
+#AC_MSG_CHECKING(for %zd printf() format support)
+#AC_TRY_RUN([#include <stdio.h>
+##include <stddef.h>
+##include <string.h>
+#
+##ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
+##include <sys/types.h>
+##endif
+#
+##ifdef HAVE_SSIZE_T
+#typedef ssize_t Py_ssize_t;
+##elif SIZEOF_VOID_P == SIZEOF_LONG
+#typedef long Py_ssize_t;
+##else
+#typedef int Py_ssize_t;
+##endif
+#
+#int main()
+#{
+#    char buffer[256];
+#
+#    if(sprintf(buffer, "%zd", (size_t)123) < 0)
+#       	return 1;
+#
+#    if (strcmp(buffer, "123"))
+#	return 1;
+#
+#    if (sprintf(buffer, "%zd", (Py_ssize_t)-123) < 0)
+#       	return 1;
+#
+#    if (strcmp(buffer, "-123"))
+#	return 1;
+#
+#    return 0;
+#}],
+#[AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+# AC_DEFINE(PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T, "z", [Define to printf format modifier for Py_ssize_t])],
+# AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
 
 AC_CHECK_TYPE(socklen_t,,
   AC_DEFINE(socklen_t,int,
-            Define to `int' if <sys/socket.h> does not define.),[
+            Define to 'int' if <sys/socket.h> does not define.),[
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #endif
diff -u Python-2.6.6_orig/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.6.6/Makefile.pre.in
--- Python-2.6.6_orig/Makefile.pre.in	2010-08-01 18:05:31.000000000 -0400
+++ Python-2.6.6/Makefile.pre.in	2010-09-18 11:21:40.171999625 -0400
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
 
 PYTHON=		python$(EXE)
 BUILDPYTHON=	python$(BUILDEXE)
+HOSTPYTHON=     ./$(BUILDPYTHON)
 
 # The task to run while instrument when building the profile-opt target
 PROFILE_TASK=	$(srcdir)/Tools/pybench/pybench.py -n 2 --with-gc --with-syscheck
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@
 ##########################################################################
 # Parser
 PGEN=		Parser/pgen$(EXE)
+HOSTPGEN=   $(PGEN)
 
 POBJS=		\
 		Parser/acceler.o \
@@ -394,8 +396,8 @@
 # Build the shared modules
 sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
 	@case $$MAKEFLAGS in \
-	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' LDFLAGS='$(LDFLAGS)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
-	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' LDFLAGS='$(LDFLAGS)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' LDFLAGS='$(LDFLAGS)' OPT='$(OPT)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
+	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' LDFLAGS='$(LDFLAGS)' OPT='$(OPT)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
 	esac
 
 # Build static library
@@ -517,7 +519,7 @@
 
 $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C): $(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT)
 		-@$(INSTALL) -d Include
-		-$(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
+		-$(HOSTPGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
 
 $(PGEN):	$(PGENOBJS)
 		$(CC) $(OPT) $(LDFLAGS) $(PGENOBJS) $(LIBS) -o $(PGEN)
@@ -886,24 +888,24 @@
 		done; \
 	done
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/LICENSE.txt
-	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
 		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages' $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
-	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
 		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages' $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()"
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()"
 
 # Create the PLATDIR source directory, if one wasn't distributed..
 $(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR):
@@ -1001,7 +1003,8 @@
 # Install the dynamically loadable modules
 # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
 sharedinstall:
-	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
+	CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' CROSS_COMPILE='$(CROSS_COMPILE)' \
+	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
 	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
 		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
 		--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
diff -u Python-2.6.6_orig/setup.py Python-2.6.6/setup.py
--- Python-2.6.6_orig/setup.py	2010-07-17 08:31:09.000000000 -0400
+++ Python-2.6.6/setup.py	2010-09-18 11:27:51.803983388 -0400
@@ -313,33 +313,39 @@
             self.announce('WARNING: skipping import check for Cygwin-based "%s"'
                 % ext.name)
             return
+        if os.environ.get('CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET') == 'yes':
+            return
         ext_filename = os.path.join(
             self.build_lib,
             self.get_ext_filename(self.get_ext_fullname(ext.name)))
         try:
             imp.load_dynamic(ext.name, ext_filename)
         except ImportError, why:
-            self.failed.append(ext.name)
-            self.announce('*** WARNING: renaming "%s" since importing it'
-                          ' failed: %s' % (ext.name, why), level=3)
-            assert not self.inplace
-            basename, tail = os.path.splitext(ext_filename)
-            newname = basename + "_failed" + tail
-            if os.path.exists(newname):
-                os.remove(newname)
-            os.rename(ext_filename, newname)
-
-            # XXX -- This relies on a Vile HACK in
-            # distutils.command.build_ext.build_extension().  The
-            # _built_objects attribute is stored there strictly for
-            # use here.
-            # If there is a failure, _built_objects may not be there,
-            # so catch the AttributeError and move on.
-            try:
-                for filename in self._built_objects:
-                    os.remove(filename)
-            except AttributeError:
-                self.announce('unable to remove files (ignored)')
+            if os.environ.get('CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET') != "yes":
+                self.announce('*** WARNING: renaming "%s" since importing it'
+                              ' failed: %s' % (ext.name, why), level=3)
+                assert not self.inplace
+                basename, tail = os.path.splitext(ext_filename)
+                newname = basename + "_failed" + tail
+                if os.path.exists(newname):
+                    os.remove(newname)
+                os.rename(ext_filename, newname)
+
+                # XXX -- This relies on a Vile HACK in
+                # distutils.command.build_ext.build_extension().  The
+                # _built_objects attribute is stored there strictly for
+                # use here.
+                # If there is a failure, _built_objects may not be there,
+                # so catch the AttributeError and move on.
+                try:
+                    for filename in self._built_objects:
+                        os.remove(filename)
+                except AttributeError:
+                    self.announce('unable to remove files (ignored)')
+            else:
+                self.announce('WARNING: "%s" failed importing, but we leave it '
+                              'because we are cross-compiling' %
+                              ext.name)
         except:
             exc_type, why, tb = sys.exc_info()
             self.announce('*** WARNING: importing extension "%s" '
@@ -742,7 +748,7 @@
 
         if (ssl_incs is not None and
             ssl_libs is not None and
-            openssl_ver >= 0x00907000):
+            openssl_ver >= 0x00907000 and False):
             # The _hashlib module wraps optimized implementations
             # of hash functions from the OpenSSL library.
             exts.append( Extension('_hashlib', ['_hashopenssl.c'],
@@ -762,7 +768,7 @@
                             depends = ['md5.h']) )
             missing.append('_hashlib')
 
-        if (openssl_ver < 0x00908000):
+        if (True or openssl_ver < 0x00908000):
             # OpenSSL doesn't do these until 0.9.8 so we'll bring our own hash
             exts.append( Extension('_sha256', ['sha256module.c']) )
             exts.append( Extension('_sha512', ['sha512module.c']) )
@@ -1823,7 +1829,7 @@
                                          ffi_configfile):
                 from distutils.dir_util import mkpath
                 mkpath(ffi_builddir)
-                config_args = []
+                config_args =  sysconfig.get_config_var("CONFIG_ARGS").split(" ")
 
                 # Pass empty CFLAGS because we'll just append the resulting
                 # CFLAGS to Python's; -g or -O2 is to be avoided.