bug#10227: Python installation fails for Python 3

[Reuben Thomas]

On 22 November 2012 13:01, Stefano Lattarini <address@hidden> wrote:

OK, thanks for explaining it once again.  I can now reproduce the same
issue on Debian.  I think this is something we should try to work around,
since we cannot have our installation rules broken by default on both
Debian and Ubuntu ...

> It seems to me that this is the sort of thing the pyconfigure people
> ought to know about.
>

By peeking at their repository, I came up with the minimal patch below,
which should do the trick.  Can you verify it works for you as well?

It does seem to work for me, but I think it would be worth getting expert advice, e.g. from the pyconfigure developers, as to whether a) this is definitely correct and b) whether it could be simpler.

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