--- configure.in.org	2008-07-18 13:37:49.000000000 +0200
+++ configure.in	2008-07-18 13:41:22.000000000 +0200
@@ -678,17 +678,15 @@
 	dnl    see what the interpreter is built from
 	AC_CACHE_VAL(vi_cv_path_python_plibs,
 	[
-	    tmp_mkf="/tmp/Makefile-conf$$"
-	    cat ${PYTHON_CONFDIR}/Makefile - <<'eof' >${tmp_mkf}
+	    dnl -- delete the lines from make about Entering/Leaving directory
+            eval "`cd /usr/lib/python2.4/config && { cat Makefile - <<'eof'
 __:
 	@echo "python_MODLIBS='$(MODLIBS)'"
 	@echo "python_LIBS='$(LIBS)'"
 	@echo "python_SYSLIBS='$(SYSLIBS)'"
 	@echo "python_LINKFORSHARED='$(LINKFORSHARED)'"
 eof
-	    dnl -- delete the lines from make about Entering/Leaving directory
-	    eval "`cd ${PYTHON_CONFDIR} && make -f ${tmp_mkf} __ | sed '/ directory /d'`"
-	    rm -f ${tmp_mkf}
+            } | make -f - __ | sed '/ directory /d'`"
 	    if test "x$MACOSX" = "xyes" && ${vi_cv_path_python} -c \
 		"import sys; sys.exit(${vi_cv_var_python_version} < 2.3)"; then
 	      vi_cv_path_python_plibs="-framework Python"