Index: Python-2.7.1/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py =================================================================== --- Python-2.7.1.orig/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py 2010-06-27 08:36:16.000000000 -0400 +++ Python-2.7.1/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py 2010-12-26 10:09:44.282632589 -0500 @@ -318,6 +318,8 @@ + print "Looking in %s for %s" % (lib, dirs) + for dir in dirs: shared = os.path.join(dir, shared_f) dylib = os.path.join(dir, dylib_f) @@ -336,10 +338,13 @@ # assuming that *all* Unix C compilers do. And of course I'm # ignoring even GCC's "-static" option. So sue me. if os.path.exists(dylib): + print "Found %s" % (dylib) return dylib elif os.path.exists(shared): + print "Found %s" % (shared) return shared elif os.path.exists(static): + print "Found %s" % (static) return static # Oops, didn't find it in *any* of 'dirs'