diff -Naurp Python-2.5.4.orig/setup.py Python-2.5.4/setup.py
--- Python-2.5.4.orig/setup.py	2009-03-03 02:16:54.000000000 -0500
+++ Python-2.5.4/setup.py	2009-03-03 02:18:03.692693480 -0500
@@ -1394,12 +1394,19 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
                                          ffi_configfile):
                 from distutils.dir_util import mkpath
                 mkpath(ffi_builddir)
-                config_args = []
+                if os.environ.get('CROSS_COMPILING') == 'yes':
+                    config_args = ['--host=' + os.getenv("CHOST", "")]
+                else:
+                    config_args = []
 
                 # Pass empty CFLAGS because we'll just append the resulting
                 # CFLAGS to Python's; -g or -O2 is to be avoided.
                 cmd = "cd %s && env CFLAGS='' '%s/configure' %s" \
-                      % (ffi_builddir, ffi_srcdir, " ".join(config_args))
+                      % (ffi_builddir, ffi_srcdir, "".join(config_args))
+
+		fout = open("xxxxx.txt", "w")
+		fout.write(cmd)
+		fout.close()
 
                 res = os.system(cmd)
                 if res or not os.path.exists(ffi_configfile):