--- config/python.m4.python26~	2006-07-25 11:59:18.000000000 -0700
+++ config/python.m4	2008-12-02 19:54:21.000000000 -0800
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   dnl $prefix/lib/site-python in 1.4 to $prefix/lib/python1.5/site-packages
   dnl in 1.5.
   m4_define_default([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST],
-                      [python python2 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 dnl
+                      [python python2 python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 dnl
 python2.1 python2.0 python1.6 python1.5])
 
   m4_if([$1],[],[
--- config/ccpython.m4.python26~	2006-12-31 03:46:51.000000000 -0800
+++ config/ccpython.m4	2008-12-02 19:56:33.000000000 -0800
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 
 AC_DEFUN([ALL_CC_PYTHON],
 [ 
-m4_define([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST], [python2.5 python2.4 python2.3])
+m4_define([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST], [python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3])
 found_one=''
 _ONE_CC_PYTHON([=2.3], [2_3])
 if test -f "$PYTHON" ; then found_one=$PYTHON ; fi
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@
 unset PYTHON
 _ONE_CC_PYTHON([=2.5], [2_5])
 if test -f "$PYTHON" ; then found_one=$PYTHON ; fi
+unset PYTHON
+_ONE_CC_PYTHON([=2.6], [2_6])
+if test -f "$PYTHON" ; then found_one=$PYTHON ; fi
 PYTHON=$found_one
 if ! test "$found_one" ; then
    AC_MSG_ERROR([No python development environments found])