Ned Deily added the comment:

Thanks for your suggestion.  However, the issue you've created is too wide in 
scope to be actionable.  As you note, just because the string "/usr/local" 
appears in a file within the Python source distribution does not indicate a 
problem.  Many of the cites are in documentation or examples where it is noted 
or understood that the correct path will need to be supplied or is supplied 
when the file is actually built and installed.

The one real related issue I am aware of is that the main setup.py, which is 
used to build the standard library components, does have some hardwired sets of 
paths, usually including /usr/local, to find necessary third-party libraries 
and setup.py does not always provide a consistent way to augment those paths.  
This is also an issue for cross-compiling Python for other environments.  There 
are various issues open regarding this, for example, Issue5575 "Add env vars 
for controlling building sqlite, hashlib and ssl".  I would suggest 
contributing to those issues by creating or reviewing and testing existing 
patches.  Also note that Python 2.7.x is open for bug fixes; new features are 
generally only accepted for the next major release, currently expected to be 
Python 3.4.  Unless there are more specific items that are not already covered 
in another issue, I am inclined to close this one.

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nosy: +ned.deily
status: open -> pending
type: compile error -> enhancement

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