diff -r 7c60cf756097 Include/pyport.h
--- a/Include/pyport.h	Thu May 16 22:26:29 2013 +0200
+++ b/Include/pyport.h	Thu May 16 23:23:00 2013 +0200
@@ -219,10 +219,6 @@ typedef size_t Py_uhash_t;
 /* Smallest negative value of type Py_ssize_t. */
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_MIN (-PY_SSIZE_T_MAX-1)
 
-#if SIZEOF_PID_T > SIZEOF_LONG
-#   error "Python doesn't support sizeof(pid_t) > sizeof(long)"
-#endif
-
 /* PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T is a platform-specific modifier for use in a printf
  * format to convert an argument with the width of a size_t or Py_ssize_t.
  * C99 introduced "z" for this purpose, but not all platforms support that;
diff -r 7c60cf756097 PC/pyconfig.h
--- a/PC/pyconfig.h	Thu May 16 22:26:29 2013 +0200
+++ b/PC/pyconfig.h	Thu May 16 23:23:00 2013 +0200
@@ -723,6 +723,9 @@ Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED to find out.  Also s
 /* The size of `wchar_t', as computed by sizeof. */
 #define SIZEOF_WCHAR_T 2
 
+/* The size of `pid_t' (HANDLE). */
+#define SIZEOF_PID_T SIZEOF_VOID_P
+
 /* Define if you have the dl library (-ldl).  */
 /* #undef HAVE_LIBDL */