diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/configure Python-2.7.3.patch/configure
--- Python-2.7.3/configure	2012-04-10 01:07:36.000000000 +0200
+++ Python-2.7.3.patch/configure	2012-04-16 14:27:58.161470960 +0200
@@ -13697,7 +13697,7 @@
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
   if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
-  ac_cv_have_long_long_format=no
+  ac_cv_have_long_long_format="cross -- assuming yes"
 else
   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
@@ -13749,7 +13749,7 @@
 $as_echo "$ac_cv_have_long_long_format" >&6; }
 fi
 
-if test "$ac_cv_have_long_long_format" = yes
+if test "$ac_cv_have_long_long_format" != no
 then
 
 $as_echo "#define PY_FORMAT_LONG_LONG \"ll\"" >>confdefs.h
diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.3.patch/Makefile.pre.in
--- Python-2.7.3/Makefile.pre.in	2012-04-10 01:07:33.000000000 +0200
+++ Python-2.7.3.patch/Makefile.pre.in	2012-04-16 14:30:27.753099115 +0200
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
 
 PYTHON=		python$(EXE)
 BUILDPYTHON=	python$(BUILDEXE)
+HOSTPYTHON=     ./$(BUILDPYTHON)
 
 # The task to run while instrument when building the profile-opt target
 PROFILE_TASK=	$(srcdir)/Tools/pybench/pybench.py -n 2 --with-gc --with-syscheck
@@ -215,6 +216,8 @@
 # Parser
 PGEN=		Parser/pgen$(EXE)
 
+HOSTPGEN=   $(PGEN)
+
 POBJS=		\
 		Parser/acceler.o \
 		Parser/grammar1.o \
@@ -408,8 +411,8 @@
 # Build the shared modules
 sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
 	@case $$MAKEFLAGS in \
-	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
-	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
+	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
 	esac
 
 # Build static library
@@ -543,7 +546,7 @@
 $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C): Parser/pgen.stamp
 Parser/pgen.stamp: $(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT)
 		-@$(INSTALL) -d Include
-		$(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
+		$(HOSTPGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
 		-touch Parser/pgen.stamp
 
 $(PGEN):	$(PGENOBJS)
@@ -938,26 +941,26 @@
 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c \
 			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests ; \
 	fi
-	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
 		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
-	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
 		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()"
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()"
 
 # Create the PLATDIR source directory, if one wasn't distributed..
 $(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR):
@@ -1062,7 +1065,9 @@
 # Install the dynamically loadable modules
 # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
 sharedinstall: sharedmods
-	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
+	CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' \
+	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
+		--skip-build \
 	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
 		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
 		--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/setup.py Python-2.7.3.patch/setup.py
--- Python-2.7.3/setup.py	2012-04-10 01:07:36.000000000 +0200
+++ Python-2.7.3.patch/setup.py	2012-04-16 14:27:58.164471010 +0200
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 # This global variable is used to hold the list of modules to be disabled.
 disabled_module_list = []
 
+# _ctypes fails to cross-compile due to the libffi configure script.
+#if os.environ.has_key('PYTHONXCPREFIX'):
+#    disabled_module_list.append('_ctypes')
+
 def add_dir_to_list(dirlist, dir):
     """Add the directory 'dir' to the list 'dirlist' (at the front) if
     1) 'dir' is not already in 'dirlist'
@@ -278,6 +282,14 @@
                           (ext.name, sys.exc_info()[1]))
             self.failed.append(ext.name)
             return
+
+        # Inport check will not work when cross-compiling.
+        if os.environ.has_key('PYTHONXCPREFIX'):
+            self.announce(
+                'WARNING: skipping inport check for cross-compiled: "%s"' %
+                ext.name)
+            return
+
         # Workaround for Mac OS X: The Carbon-based modules cannot be
         # reliably imported into a command-line Python
         if 'Carbon' in ext.extra_link_args:
