- base=`$PYTHON_CONFIG --prefix`
- TRY_LINK_PYTHON([`echo -n -L${base}/lib " "; $PYTHON_CONFIG --ldflags`], [`$PYTHON_CONFIG --includes`])
- TRY_LINK_PYTHON([`echo -n -L${base}/lib " "; $PYTHON_CONFIG --ldflags`], [`$PYTHON_CONFIG --cflags`])
+ TRY_LINK_PYTHON([`$PYTHON_CONFIG --ldflags`], [`$PYTHON_CONFIG --includes`])
+ TRY_LINK_PYTHON([`$PYTHON_CONFIG --ldflags`], [`$PYTHON_CONFIG --cflags`])
+ if x$working_python = xno; then
+ # It seems the library path isn't included on some systems
+ base=`$PYTHON_CONFIG --prefix`
+ TRY_LINK_PYTHON([`echo -n -L${base}/lib " "; $PYTHON_CONFIG --ldflags`], [`$PYTHON_CONFIG --includes`])
+ TRY_LINK_PYTHON([`echo -n -L${base}/lib " "; $PYTHON_CONFIG --ldflags`], [`$PYTHON_CONFIG --cflags`])
+ fi