* configure.in, Makefile.in: remove the AC_PREFIX() call -- it's
more trouble than it's worth at CWI and most other people seem to
install Python in the default (/usr/local) anway. Changed comment
describing --prefix in Makefile.in
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 35977b5..66d05ec 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
# Install prefixes are treated specially by the configure script:
# it only changes these lines if it has received a --prefix=... or
-# --exec-prefix-... command line option, or if it has figured out
-# a value by searching for python in $PATH. Note that $(prefix) is
+# --exec-prefix=... command line option. Note that $(prefix) is
# also used when compiling config.c in Modules to set the default
# module search path, so if you change it later be sure to change it
# there too and rebuild.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a09bfa0..875647e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -316,22 +316,6 @@
ac_cpp='${CPP} $CFLAGS'
ac_compile='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS conftest.${ac_ext} -o conftest $LIBS >/dev/null 2>&1'
-if test -z "$prefix"
-then
- test -n "$silent" || echo "checking for python to derive installation directory prefix"
- IFS="${IFS= }"; ac_save_ifs="$IFS"; IFS="$IFS:"
- for ac_dir in $PATH; do
- test -z "$ac_dir" && ac_dir=.
- if test $ac_dir != . && test -f $ac_dir/python; then
- # Not all systems have dirname.
- prefix=`echo $ac_dir|sed 's%/[^/][^/]*$%%'`
- break
- fi
- done
- IFS="$ac_save_ifs"
- test -n "$verbose" && echo " chose installation directory prefix ${prefix}"
-fi
-
# Don't suppress compiler output when --verbose is specified
test -n "$verbose" &&
ac_compile=`echo "$ac_compile" | sed "s|>/dev/null 2>&1||"`
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 3e0aabf..6eb0ec8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
AC_REVISION($Revision$)dnl
AC_PREREQ(1.8)dnl
AC_INIT(Include/object.h)
-AC_PREFIX(python)
AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)dnl
# Don't suppress compiler output when --verbose is specified
test -n "$verbose" &&