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--- Python-2.4c1/Makefile.pre.in
+++ Python-2.4c1/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
 
 PYTHON=		python$(EXE)
 BUILDPYTHON=	python$(BUILDEXE)
+HOSTPYTHON=	$(BUILDPYTHON)
 
 # === Definitions added by makesetup ===
 
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@
 ##########################################################################
 # Parser
 PGEN=		Parser/pgen$(EXE)
-
+HOSTPGEN=	$(PGEN)$(EXE)
 POBJS=		\
 		Parser/acceler.o \
 		Parser/grammar1.o \
@@ -320,8 +321,8 @@
 # Build the shared modules
 sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
 	case $$MAKEFLAGS in \
-	*-s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
-	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+	*-s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
+	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
 	esac
 
 # buildno should really depend on something like LIBRARY_SRC
@@ -442,7 +443,7 @@
 
 
 $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C): $(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT)
-		-$(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
+		-$(HOSTPGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
 
 $(PGEN):	$(PGENOBJS)
 		$(CC) $(OPT) $(LDFLAGS) $(PGENOBJS) $(LIBS) -o $(PGEN)
@@ -718,19 +719,19 @@
 	done
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/LICENSE.txt
 	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
 		-x 'badsyntax|site-packages' $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
 	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
 		-x 'badsyntax|site-packages' $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
 
@@ -825,7 +826,7 @@
 # Install the dynamically loadable modules
 # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
 sharedinstall:
-	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
+	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
 	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
 		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
 		--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
--- Python-2.4c1/setup.py
+++ Python-2.4c1/setup.py
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
         try:
             imp.load_dynamic(ext.name, ext_filename)
         except ImportError, why:
+            return
             self.announce('*** WARNING: renaming "%s" since importing it'
                           ' failed: %s' % (ext.name, why), level=3)
             assert not self.inplace
@@ -239,8 +240,6 @@
 
     def detect_modules(self):
         # Ensure that /usr/local is always used
-        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/local/lib')
-        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
 
         # Add paths to popular package managers on OS X/darwin
         if sys.platform == "darwin":
@@ -260,12 +260,6 @@
             add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/opt/local/lib')
             add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/opt/local/include')
 
-        if os.path.normpath(sys.prefix) != '/usr':
-            add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs,
-                            sysconfig.get_config_var("LIBDIR"))
-            add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs,
-                            sysconfig.get_config_var("INCLUDEDIR"))
-
         try:
             have_unicode = unicode
         except NameError: