diff --git Python-2.6.4/setup.py Python-2.6.4/setup.py

--- Python-2.6.4/setup.py

+++ Python-2.6.4/setup.py

@@ -572,6 +572,14 @@

                 # This way a staticly linked custom readline gets picked up

                 # before the (broken) dynamic library in /usr/lib.

                 readline_extra_link_args = ('-Wl,-search_paths_first',)

+            elif sys.platform == 'sunos5':

+                if sys.maxint != 9223372036854775807L:

+                    readline_extra_link_args = ('-Wl,-zrecord,-L/usr/gnu/lib,-R/usr/gnu/lib,-lreadline,-lncurses',)

+                else:

+                    if os.path.exists('/usr/gnu/lib/sparcv9'):

+                        readline_extra_link_args = ('-Wl,-zrecord,-L/usr/gnu/lib/sparcv9,-R/usr/gnu/lib/sparcv9,-lreadline,-lncurses',)

+                    else:

+                        readline_extra_link_args = ('-Wl,-zrecord,-L/usr/gnu/lib/amd64,-R/usr/gnu/lib/amd64,-lreadline,-lncurses',)

             else:

                 readline_extra_link_args = ()

@@ -588,6 +596,12 @@

                                                ['/usr/lib/termcap'],

                                                'termcap'):

                 readline_libs.append('termcap')

+

+            if sys.platform == 'sunos5':

+                # ugly hack to make the build respect -zrecord set in

+                # readline_extra_link_args above

+                readline_libs = []

+

             exts.append( Extension('readline', ['readline.c'],

                                    library_dirs=['/usr/lib/termcap'],

                                    extra_link_args=readline_extra_link_args,