diff -Nuard gDesklets-0.24.1.orig/acinclude.m4 gDesklets-0.24.1/acinclude.m4
--- gDesklets-0.24.1.orig/acinclude.m4	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ gDesklets-0.24.1/acinclude.m4	2003-11-16 23:44:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+dnl a macro to check for ability to create python extensions
+dnl  AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS([ACTION-IF-POSSIBLE], [ACTION-IF-NOT-POSSIBLE])
+dnl function also defines PYTHON_INCLUDES
+AC_DEFUN([AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS],
+[AC_REQUIRE([AM_PATH_PYTHON])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for headers required to compile python extensions)
+dnl deduce PYTHON_INCLUDES
+py_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"`
+py_exec_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.exec_prefix"`
+PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I${py_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+if test "$py_prefix" != "$py_exec_prefix"; then
+  PYTHON_INCLUDES="$PYTHON_INCLUDES -I${py_exec_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+fi
+AC_SUBST(PYTHON_INCLUDES)
+dnl check if the headers exist:
+save_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
+CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $PYTHON_INCLUDES"
+AC_TRY_CPP([#include <Python.h>],dnl
+[AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
+$1],dnl
+[AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
+$2])
+CPPFLAGS="$save_CPPFLAGS"
+])
+
diff -Nuard gDesklets-0.24.1.orig/configure.in gDesklets-0.24.1/configure.in
--- gDesklets-0.24.1.orig/configure.in	2003-11-10 14:15:50.000000000 +0100
+++ gDesklets-0.24.1/configure.in	2003-11-16 23:46:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 AC_PROG_INTLTOOL
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 
-AM_PATH_PYTHON
+AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.2)
 
 GDESKLETS_CORE_REQS="gnome-python-2.0 >= 1.99.17 pygtk-2.0 >= 1.99.17 gdk-2.0 gtk+-2.0 libgtop-2.0 >= 2.0.0"
 AC_SUBST(GDESKLETS_CORE_REQS)
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PACKAGE_LIBS)
 
-CHECK_PYTHON_INCLUDE
-PYTHON_CFLAGS="-I$PYTHONINC"
+AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS(,[AC_MSG_ERROR(could not find Python headers)])
+PYTHON_CFLAGS="$PYTHON_INCLUDES"
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CFLAGS)
 
 ALL_LINGUAS="ar az de de_BY el es fr he ms nl pl pt sq sr sr@Latn sv tr ko"
diff -Nuard gDesklets-0.24.1.orig/tools/Makefile.am gDesklets-0.24.1/tools/Makefile.am
--- gDesklets-0.24.1.orig/tools/Makefile.am	2003-11-07 17:55:34.000000000 +0100
+++ gDesklets-0.24.1/tools/Makefile.am	2003-11-16 23:26:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 bin_PROGRAMS = gdesklets-display-thumbnailer
 
-CFLAGS = -Wall                          \
+gdesklets_display_thumbnailer_CFLAGS = -Wall                          \
         -Wstrict-prototypes             \
         -Wmissing-prototypes            \
         -DG_DISABLE_DEPRECATED          \