--- libxml2-2.9.1.orig/configure.in	2013-04-19 09:25:20.000000000 +0200
+++ libxml2-2.9.1/configure.in	2013-11-23 23:02:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -748,80 +748,16 @@ PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=
 PYTHON_TESTS=
 pythondir=
 if test "$with_python" != "no" ; then
-    if test -x "$with_python/bin/python"
-    then
-        echo Found python in $with_python/bin/python
-        PYTHON="$with_python/bin/python"
-    else
-        if test -x "$with_python/python.exe"
-        then
-            echo Found python in $with_python/python.exe
-            PYTHON="$with_python/python.exe"
-        else
-            if test -x "$with_python"
-            then
-                echo Found python in $with_python
-                PYTHON="$with_python"
-            else
-                if test -x "$PYTHON"
-                then
-                    echo Found python in environment PYTHON=$PYTHON
-                    with_python=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print(sys.exec_prefix)"`
-                else
-                    AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, python python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 python1.6 python1.5)
-		fi
-	    fi
-	fi
-    fi
+    AC_PATH_PROG(PYTHON, python python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 python1.6 python1.5)
     if test "$PYTHON" != ""
     then
         PYTHON_VERSION=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_python_version())"`
-	PYTHON_INCLUDES=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_python_inc())"`
-# does not work as it produce a /usr/lib/python path instead of/usr/lib64/python
-#
-#	PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_python_lib())"`
 	echo Found Python version $PYTHON_VERSION
     fi
-    if test "$PYTHON_VERSION" != "" -a "$PYTHON_INCLUDES" = ""
-    then
-	if test -r $with_python/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION/Python.h
-	then
-	    PYTHON_INCLUDES=$with_python/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION
-	else
-	    if test -r $prefix/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION/Python.h
-	    then
-	        PYTHON_INCLUDES=$prefix/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION
-	    else
-		if test -r /usr/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION/Python.h
-		then
-		    PYTHON_INCLUDES=/usr/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION
-		else
-	            if test -r $with_python/include/Python.h
-	            then
-	                PYTHON_INCLUDES=$with_python/include
-	            else
-		        echo could not find python$PYTHON_VERSION/Python.h or $with_python/include/Python.h
-		    fi
-		fi
-	    fi
-	fi
-    fi
-    if test "$PYTHON_VERSION" != "" -a "$PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES" = ""
-    then
-	if test -d $libdir/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages
-	then
-	    PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=$libdir/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages
-	else
-	    if test -d $with_python/lib/site-packages
-	    then
-		PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=$with_python/lib/site-packages
-	    else
-		PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_python_lib())"`
-	    fi
-	fi
-    fi
-    pythondir='$(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)'
+    PYTHON_INCLUDES=`python$PYTHON_VERSION-config --includes`
     PYTHON_LIBS=`python$PYTHON_VERSION-config --ldflags`
+    PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES=${prefix}/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages
+    pythondir='$(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)'
 else
     PYTHON=
 fi
