==== //tools/python/2.6.2/src/base/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/sparc/ffi.c#1 - /home/build/clifford/gpdb/tools/python/2.6.2/src/base/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/sparc/ffi.c ====
Index: python/2.6.2/src/base/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/sparc/ffi.c
--- python/2.6.2/src/base/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/sparc/ffi.c.~1~	Thu May 21 15:22:55 2009
+++ python/2.6.2/src/base/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/sparc/ffi.c	Thu May 21 15:22:55 2009
@@ -586,6 +586,11 @@
        }
       else
        {
+#if FFI_TYPE_LONGDOUBLE != FFI_TYPE_DOUBLE
+         /* SparcV9 long double is 16-byte aligned; skip arg if necessary */
+         if (arg_types[i]->type == FFI_TYPE_LONGDOUBLE && (argn & 1))
+           argn++;
+#endif
          /* Right-justify.  */
          argn += ALIGN(arg_types[i]->size, FFI_SIZEOF_ARG) / FFI_SIZEOF_ARG;
 

End of Patch.