Index: Python-2.7.1/configure.in
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--- Python-2.7.1.orig/configure.in
+++ Python-2.7.1/configure.in
@@ -639,8 +639,11 @@ esac
 AC_SUBST(ARCH)
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(ARCH)
 ARCH=`uname -m`
+le=`perl -e '$le   = unpack("h*", pack("s", 1)) =~ /^1/; print $le;'`
 case $ARCH in
 i?86) ARCH=i386;;
+mips*) [[ $le -eq 1 ]] && ARCH="$ARCH"el;;
+arm*) ARCH=arm;;
 esac
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ARCH)