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I tried downgrading gcc to 2.95.3, however, it still craps 
out at the same place, and according to backtrace, it is 
still quitting in the same place.

I've attached the logs.

We've successfully built python on another box, keeping the 
project that was in jeopardy moving forward, however, I 
would still very much like to find out how to install 
python correctly on this problem box.

thanks,
-sharad.