--- Makefile.orig	2004-03-28 14:01:19.591638320 -0500
+++ Makefile	2004-03-28 14:01:45.188746968 -0500
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 MAN ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 LIB ?= $(PREFIX)/lib
 INC ?= $(PREFIX)/include
-PY_VER ?= 2.2
+PY_VER ?= $(shell python -c "import sys; print sys.version[0:3]")
 PY_INC ?= /usr/include/python$(PY_VER)
 
 INITD ?= /etc/rc.d/init.d