PyXML setup question

[Andrew Kuchling]

"Noel Rappin" <noel.rappin at openwave.com> writes:
>     raise DistutilsPlatformError, my_msg
> distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable
> to open /usr/local/lib/python2.0/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
> =========
> 
> The weird thing about this is that even were Python in /user/local/lib, the
> directory is a) capitalized, and b) there is no /config/Makefile.

Was Python configured and compiled with --prefix set to wherever
you're putting it?  The code for figuring out the Makefile's location
is in Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py, and it just uses sys.prefix; see
get_python_lib() and get_makefile_filename().

--amk