--- Python-2.4.4/setup.py.expat	2007-08-08 10:48:40.489500000 -0400

+++ Python-2.4.4/setup.py	2007-08-08 10:53:36.397669000 -0400

@@ -823,6 +823,10 @@

         # is included in Modules/expat/.  Usage of a system

         # shared libexpat.so/expat.dll is not advised.

         #

+        # On Solaris, we use libexpat.so instead of statically linking it,

+        # otherwise it causes various crashes in apps that use both 

+        # Python and libexpat.  See 6544688 for details.

+        #

         # More information on Expat can be found at www.libexpat.org.

         #

         expatinc = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), srcdir, 'Modules', 'expat')

@@ -833,10 +837,8 @@

                               define_macros = define_macros,

                               include_dirs = [expatinc],

                               sources = ['pyexpat.c',

-                                         'expat/xmlparse.c',

-                                         'expat/xmlrole.c',

-                                         'expat/xmltok.c',

-                                         ],

+                                         'expat/xmlparse.c'],

+                              libraries = ['expat']

                               ))

         # Hye-Shik Chang's CJKCodecs modules.