Glusterfs fails on do_configure with the following error: checking for /usr/bin/python version... 2.4 checking for /usr/bin/python platform... linux2 checking for /usr/bin/python script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.4/site-packages checking for /usr/bin/python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib64/python2.4/site-packages checking if python is python 2.x... 2.4 checking if python has ctypes support... no configure: error: python does not have ctypes support The error seems to have some bearing on the build host: pek-blade3[4]$ uname -a Linux pek-blade3 2.6.18-371.3.1.el5 #1 SMP Thu Dec 5 12:47:02 EST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux pek-blade3[4]$ cat /etc/issue CentOS release 5.10 (Final) Kernel \r on an \m