mkdir download /tmp/installdir; cd download;
curl -LO http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.6/Python-2.7.6.tgz
tar xf Python-2.7.6.tgz
cd Python-2.7.6
yum -y install openssl-devel.x86_64 readline-devel.x86_64 bzip2-devel.x86_64 sqlite-devel.x86_64 zlib-devel.x86_64 ncurses-devel.x86_64 db4-devel.x86_64 expat-devel.x86_64 rpm-build.x86_64
env CC=gcc44 CXX=g++44./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-unicode=ucs4 --enable-shared --enable-ipv6
make -j2
make install DESTDIR=/tmp/installdir
echo '/sbin/ldconfig' > /tmp/installdir/run-ldconfig.sh
fpm -s dir -t rpm -n python27 -v 2.7.6 -C /tmp/installdir \
  --after-install /tmp/installdir/run-ldconfig.sh \
  -d 'openssl' \
  -d 'bzip2' \
  -d 'zlib' \
  -d 'expat' \
  -d 'db4' \
  -d 'sqlite' \
  -d 'ncurses' \
  -d 'readline' \
  --directories=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/ \
  --directories=/usr/local/include/python2.7/ \
  usr/local