don't attempt to build C ext on big endian PYTHON-128

Mike Dirolf · Mike Dirolf · commit fdba7b4f6b67 · 2010-06-04T15:52:51.000-04:00
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ def build_extension(self, ext):
 if "--no_ext" in sys.argv:
     sys.argv = [x for x in sys.argv if x != "--no_ext"]
     features = {}
+elif sys.byteorder == "big":
+    print """
+***************************************************
+The optional C extension is currently not supported
+on big endian platforms and will not be built.
+Performance may be degraded.
+***************************************************
+"""
+    features = {}
 else:
     features = {"c-ext": c_ext}
 
