Addition to previous note -- comfigure --without-gcc also works.
diff --git a/README b/README
index 352588d..9a2f511 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -307,7 +307,8 @@
A bug in gcc-2.8.1 sets sys.maxint to -1 which *also* seems to
break Modules/pypcre.c. The egcs versions of gcc fix this
- problem. (Raj Srinivasan)
+ problem. Or use configure --without-gcc to compile with SGI's
+ compiler, if you have it. (Raj Srinivasan, Kelvin Chu)
OS/2: If you are running Warp3 or Warp4 and have IBM's VisualAge C/C++
compiler installed, just change into the pc\os2vacpp directory