Index: gst-python-0.10.10/acinclude.m4
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--- gst-python-0.10.10.orig/acinclude.m4
+++ gst-python-0.10.10/acinclude.m4
@@ -43,16 +43,21 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS],
 [AC_REQUIRE([AM_PATH_PYTHON])
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for headers required to compile python extensions)
 dnl deduce PYTHON_INCLUDES
-py_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"`
-py_exec_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.exec_prefix"`
-if $PYTHON-config --help 2>/dev/null; then
-  PYTHON_INCLUDES=`$PYTHON-config --includes 2>/dev/null`
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(python-includes,
+       [  --with-python-includes=DIR  path to Python includes], py_exec_prefix=$withval)
+if test x$py_exec_prefix != x; then
+ PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I${py_exec_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+ py_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"`
 else
-  PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I${py_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-  if test "$py_prefix" != "$py_exec_prefix"; then
-    PYTHON_INCLUDES="$PYTHON_INCLUDES -I${py_exec_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
-  fi
+ py_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"`
+ py_exec_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.exec_prefix"`
+ PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I${py_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+ if test "$py_prefix" != "$py_exec_prefix"; then
+   PYTHON_INCLUDES="$PYTHON_INCLUDES -I${py_exec_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+ fi
 fi
+
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDES)
 dnl check if the headers exist:
 save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"