--- beecrypt-4.0.0/configure.ac	2004-09-15 18:06:57.124582792 +0000
+++ beecrypt-4.0.0/configure.ac.new	2004-09-15 18:38:47.508160344 +0000
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@
       ac_cv_python_include="-I`python -c 'import distutils.sysconfig; print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc()'`"
     ])
     AC_CACHE_CHECK([for python libraries], ac_cv_python_libdir, [
-      ac_cv_python_libdir="`python -c 'import distutils.sysconfig; print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib()'`"
+      py_ver="`python -c 'import sys; print sys.version[[:3]]'`"
+      ac_cv_python_libdir="${libdir}/python${py_ver}/site-packages"
     ])
   else
     ac_with_python=no