diff -r 9228765d3e13 src/configure.in
--- a/src/configure.in	Sun Jul 18 23:32:13 2010 +0200
+++ b/src/configure.in	Mon Jul 19 12:36:17 2010 -0400
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@
     dnl -- get its version number
     AC_CACHE_CHECK(Python version,vi_cv_var_python3_version,
     [[vi_cv_var_python3_version=`
-          ${vi_cv_path_python3} -c 'import sys; print(sys.version[1:3])'`
+          ${vi_cv_path_python3} -c 'import sys; print(sys.version[:3])'`
     ]])
 
     dnl -- find where python3 thinks it was installed
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@
           tmp_mkf="$pwd/config-PyMake$$"
           cat -- "${PYTHON3_CONFDIR}/Makefile" - <<'eof' >"${tmp_mkf}"
 __:
-	@echo "python3_MODLIBS='$(MODLIBS)'"
+	@echo "python3_BASEMODLIBS='$(BASEMODLIBS)'"
 	@echo "python3_LIBS='$(LIBS)'"
 	@echo "python3_SYSLIBS='$(SYSLIBS)'"
 	@echo "python3_LINKFORSHARED='$(LINKFORSHARED)'"
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@
           eval "`cd ${PYTHON3_CONFDIR} && make -f "${tmp_mkf}" __ | sed '/ directory /d'`"
           rm -f -- "${tmp_mkf}"
           vi_cv_path_python3_plibs="-L${PYTHON3_CONFDIR} -lpython3${vi_cv_var_python3_version}"
-          vi_cv_path_python3_plibs="${vi_cv_path_python3_plibs} ${python3_MODLIBS} ${python3_LIBS} ${python3_SYSLIBS} ${python3_LINKFORSHARED}"
+          vi_cv_path_python3_plibs="${vi_cv_path_python3_plibs} ${python3_BASEMODLIBS} ${python3_LIBS} ${python3_SYSLIBS} ${python3_LINKFORSHARED}"
           dnl remove -ltermcap, it can conflict with an earlier -lncurses
           vi_cv_path_python3_plibs=`echo $vi_cv_path_python3_plibs | sed s/-ltermcap//`
           vi_cv_path_python3_plibs=`echo $vi_cv_path_python3_plibs | sed s/-lffi//`