>>>>> "Fred" == Fred L Drake, Jr <fdrake@acm.org> writes: Fred> Or it used to work -- that's how I remember it as well. Fred> Perhaps we should fix this. It looks like OPT propagates in Python2.2-cvs, e.g. try: % OPT=-g ./configure So maybe it's just a bug in release21-maint. Fred> Feel free to file a bug report and assign it to me. Done. -Barry