--- python/Makefile.in.orig 2010-07-29 15:00:01.000000000 -0600 +++ python/Makefile.in 2010-08-16 13:51:00.308067945 -0600 @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ @BUILD_PYTHON_TRUE@all-local: pymod-build-stamp @BUILD_PYTHON_TRUE@install-exec-local: pymod-build-stamp -@BUILD_PYTHON_TRUE@ $(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix $(DESTDIR)$(prefix) $(SETUPTOOLS_CRAP) +@BUILD_PYTHON_TRUE@ $(PYTHON) setup.py install --skip-build --root $(DESTDIR) $(SETUPTOOLS_CRAP) @BUILD_PYTHON_TRUE@uninstall-local: @BUILD_PYTHON_TRUE@ $(PYTHON) setup.py bogus_uninstall --prefix $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)