This patch modifies the setup script to support Solaris.
As it is Solaris-specific, it is not suitable for upstream.

--- Python-2.7.9/setup.py.~1~	2014-12-10 08:00:01.000000000 -0800
+++ Python-2.7.9/setup.py	2015-03-16 12:49:18.632646720 -0700
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import sys, os, imp, re, optparse
 from glob import glob
 from platform import machine as platform_machine
+from platform import processor as platform_processor
 import sysconfig
 
 from distutils import log
@@ -438,10 +439,13 @@
             os.unlink(tmpfile)
 
     def detect_modules(self):
-        # Ensure that /usr/local is always used
         if not cross_compiling:
-            add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/local/lib')
-            add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
+            if host_platform != 'sunos5':
+                # Upstream notes the following for source builds:
+                #     Ensure that /usr/local is always used
+                # But we skip that for Solaris system builds.
+                add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/local/lib')
+                add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
         if cross_compiling:
             self.add_gcc_paths()
         self.add_multiarch_paths()
@@ -765,6 +769,13 @@
                                                      ['/usr/lib/termcap'],
                                                      'termcap'):
                 readline_libs.append('termcap')
+
+	    if host_platform == 'sunos5':
+		# insert '-zrecord' before the readline libraries that we
+		# want to link with to avoid rl_insert() elimination
+		readline_extra_link_args = ('-Wl,-zrecord','-lreadline','-lncurses')
+		readline_libs = ()
+
             exts.append( Extension('readline', ['readline.c'],
                                    library_dirs=['/usr/lib/termcap'],
                                    extra_link_args=readline_extra_link_args,
@@ -786,7 +797,7 @@
         # socket(2)
         exts.append( Extension('_socket', ['socketmodule.c', 'timemodule.c'],
                                depends=['socketmodule.h'],
-                               libraries=math_libs) )
+                               libraries=math_libs + ['socket', 'nsl']) )
         # Detect SSL support for the socket module (via _ssl)
         search_for_ssl_incs_in = [
                               '/usr/local/ssl/include',
@@ -1350,8 +1361,11 @@
                 # _curses_panel.so must link with panelw.
                 panel_library = 'panelw'
             curses_libs = [curses_library]
-            curses_incs = find_file('curses.h', inc_dirs,
-                                    [os.path.join(d, 'ncursesw') for d in inc_dirs])
+            if host_platform == 'sunos5':
+                curses_incs = ['/usr/include/ncurses']
+            else:
+                curses_incs = find_file('curses.h', inc_dirs,
+                                        [os.path.join(d, 'ncursesw') for d in inc_dirs])
             exts.append( Extension('_curses', ['_cursesmodule.c'],
                                    include_dirs = curses_incs,
                                    libraries = curses_libs) )
@@ -1373,9 +1387,21 @@
         # If the curses module is enabled, check for the panel module
         if (module_enabled(exts, '_curses') and
             self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, panel_library)):
+            panel_lib_dirs = []
+            if host_platform == 'sunos5' and "DFLAGS" in os.environ:
+                # Look for libpanel under /usr/gnu/lib on Solaris.
+                if os.environ["DFLAGS"] == '-32':
+                    panel_lib_dirs.append('/usr/gnu/lib')
+                else:
+                    if platform_processor() == 'sparc':
+                        panel_lib_dirs.append('/usr/gnu/lib/sparcv9')
+                    else:
+                        panel_lib_dirs.append('/usr/gnu/lib/amd64')
             exts.append( Extension('_curses_panel', ['_curses_panel.c'],
                                    include_dirs = curses_incs,
-                                   libraries = [panel_library] + curses_libs) )
+                                   libraries = [panel_library] + curses_libs,
+                                   library_dirs = panel_lib_dirs,
+                                   runtime_library_dirs = panel_lib_dirs) )
         else:
             missing.append('_curses_panel')
 
@@ -1587,9 +1613,14 @@
                 sysconfig.get_config_var('POSIX_SEMAPHORES_NOT_ENABLED')):
                 multiprocessing_srcs.append('_multiprocessing/semaphore.c')
 
+        multiproc_libs = []
+        if host_platform == 'sunos5':
+            multiproc_libs = [ "xnet" ]
+
         if sysconfig.get_config_var('WITH_THREAD'):
             exts.append ( Extension('_multiprocessing', multiprocessing_srcs,
                                     define_macros=macros.items(),
+                                    libraries=multiproc_libs,
                                     include_dirs=["Modules/_multiprocessing"]))
         else:
             missing.append('_multiprocessing')
@@ -2083,7 +2114,8 @@
             # this option. If you want to compile ctypes with the Sun
             # compiler, please research a proper solution, instead of
             # finding some -z option for the Sun compiler.
-            extra_link_args.append('-mimpure-text')
+            #extra_link_args.append('-mimpure-text')
+            pass
 
         elif host_platform.startswith('hp-ux'):
             extra_link_args.append('-fPIC')