This still happens with Python 2.6b3, 3.0b3 and 2.5.2 and Sun Studio 12
on Solaris Sparc.

Like mentioned in Issue1162001, the problem seems to be, that cc returns
0 if -OPT:Olimit=0 is used:

--($ ~)-- cc  -OPT:Olimit=0 test1.c; echo $?
cc: Warning: illegal option -OPT:Olimit=0
0

--($ ~)-- gcc  -OPT:Olimit=0 test1.c; echo $?
cc1: error: invalid option argument `-OPT:Olimit=0'
1

I ran this configure:

CXX=/opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC CC=/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc ./configure
--prefix=$HOME/.software/python-2.6b3 --disable-ipv6 --enable-shared
--without-gcc --with-threads --with-doc-strings

The prefix was always different, of course :)

--($ ~)-- gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.4.3 (csl-sol210-3_4-branch+sol_rpath)
Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

--($ ~)-- version # for cc
Machine hardware:   sun4u
OS version:         5.10
Processor type:     sparc
Hardware:           SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R

The following components are installed on your system:


Sun Studio 12
        Sun Studio 12 C Compiler
        Sun Studio 12 C++ Compiler
        Sun Studio 12 Tools.h++ 7.1
        Sun Studio 12 C++ Standard 64-bit Class Library
        Sun Studio 12 Garbage Collector 
        Sun Studio 12 Fortran 95 
        Sun Studio 12 Debugging Tools (including dbx)
        Sun Studio 12 IDE
        Sun Studio 12 Debugger GUI
        Sun Studio 12 Performance Analyzer (including collect, ...)
        Sun Studio 12 X-Designer 
        Sun Studio 12 VIM editor
        Sun Studio 12 XEmacs editor
        Sun Studio 12 Performance Library 
        Sun Studio 12 LockLint
        Sun Studio 12 Building Software (including dmake)
        Sun Studio 12 Documentation Set

version of "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/../prod/bin/../../bin/cc": Sun C 5.9
SunOS_sparc Patch 124867-01 2007/07/12
version of "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/../prod/bin/../../bin/CC": Sun C++ 5.9
SunOS_sparc Patch 124863-01 2007/07/25
version of "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/../prod/bin/../../bin/f90": Sun Fortran 95
8.3 SunOS_sparc Patch 127000-01 2007/07/18
version of "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/../prod/bin/../../bin/dbx": Sun Dbx
Debugger 7.6 SunOS_sparc Patch 124872-01 2007/07/12
version of "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/../prod/bin/../../bin/analyzer": Sun
Analyzer 7.6 SunOS_sparc Patch 126995-01 2007/07/17
version of "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/../prod/bin/../../bin/dmake": Sun
Distributed Make 7.8 SunOS_sparc Patch 126503-01 2007/07/19