This report relates to building Python 2.3.1 on Irix 6.5.

Here is stderr output from:    configure  --with-cxx=CC
configure: WARNING: term.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: term.h: check for missing
prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: term.h: proceeding with the
preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING:     ##
------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to
bug-autoconf@gnu.org. ##
configure: WARNING:     ##
------------------------------------ ##

I did submit a bug report -- they said the issue is known.
"make" after this gave the following error, among others:-
cc-1059 cc: ERROR File =
/xlv4/med_psyc/nhn/py231/Python-2.Modules/termios.c
, Line = 633
  A function call is not allowed in a constant expression.

        {"CWERASE", CWERASE},

By experiment on a very short C program, term.h needs
curses.h to be included before it, and will not compile
correctly otherwise.  This would give a number of errors.

Thanks and best wishes!