Message 270983 - Python tracker
Repurposing this bug as "do not run pgen". Documenting and using 'make PGEN_DEP=""' might also work; however, given that the configure script uses autoconf, and there's also code in place for PYTHON_FOR_BUILD, I've attached a patch that makes the PGEN dependency just a autoconf substitution -- this might make it clear and not depend on any make substitution features? Patch attached against current Hg cpython default branch tip, a similar patch also applies against 2.7.