diff -Nur Python-2.7.1.orig/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.1/Makefile.pre.in
--- Python-2.7.1.orig/Makefile.pre.in	2010-10-14 13:37:30.000000000 +0200
+++ Python-2.7.1/Makefile.pre.in	2010-12-14 16:02:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
 
 PYTHON=		python$(EXE)
 BUILDPYTHON=	python$(BUILDEXE)
+HOSTPYTHON?=    $(BUILDPYTHON)
 
 # The task to run while instrument when building the profile-opt target
 PROFILE_TASK=	$(srcdir)/Tools/pybench/pybench.py -n 2 --with-gc --with-syscheck
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@
 ##########################################################################
 # Parser
 PGEN=		Parser/pgen$(EXE)
+HOSTPGEN?=      $(PGEN)$(EXE)
 
 POBJS=		\
 		Parser/acceler.o \
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@
 	$(MAKE) all CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) -fprofile-generate" LIBS="$(LIBS) -lgcov"
 
 run_profile_task:
-	./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(PROFILE_TASK)
+	$(HOSTPYTHON) $(PROFILE_TASK)
 
 build_all_use_profile:
 	$(MAKE) all CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) -fprofile-use"
@@ -398,14 +400,14 @@
 			$(BLDLIBRARY) $(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST)
 
 platform: $(BUILDPYTHON)
-	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E -c 'import sys ; from sysconfig import get_platform ; print get_platform()+"-"+sys.version[0:3]' >platform
+	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -E -c 'import sys ; from sysconfig import get_platform ; print get_platform()+"-"+sys.version[0:3]' >platform
 
 
 # Build the shared modules
 sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
 	@case $$MAKEFLAGS in \
-	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
-	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
+	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
 	esac
 
 # Build static library
@@ -538,7 +540,7 @@
 
 $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C): $(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT)
 		-@$(INSTALL) -d Include
-		-$(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
+		-$(HOSTPGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
 
 $(PGEN):	$(PGENOBJS)
 		$(CC) $(OPT) $(LDFLAGS) $(PGENOBJS) $(LIBS) -o $(PGEN)
@@ -702,7 +704,7 @@
 
 TESTOPTS=	-l $(EXTRATESTOPTS)
 TESTPROG=	$(srcdir)/Lib/test/regrtest.py
-TESTPYTHON=	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wd -3 -E -tt $(TESTPYTHONOPTS)
+TESTPYTHON=	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -Wd -3 -E -tt $(TESTPYTHONOPTS)
 test:		all platform
 		-find $(srcdir)/Lib -name '*.py[co]' -print | xargs rm -f
 		-$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) $(TESTOPTS)
@@ -725,7 +727,7 @@
 		-find $(srcdir)/Lib -name '*.py[co]' -print | xargs rm -f
 		-$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) -uall $(TESTOPTS)
 		$(TESTPYTHON) $(TESTPROG) -uall $(TESTOPTS)
-		$(RUNSHARED) /usr/libexec/oah/translate ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E -tt $(TESTPROG) -uall $(TESTOPTS)
+		$(RUNSHARED) /usr/libexec/oah/translate $(HOSTPYTHON) -E -tt $(TESTPROG) -uall $(TESTOPTS)
 
 
 # Like testall, but with a single pass only
@@ -920,26 +922,26 @@
 		done; \
 	done
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/LICENSE $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/LICENSE.txt
-	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
 		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
-	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
 		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
 		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
 		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()"
+		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()"
 
 # Create the PLATDIR source directory, if one wasn't distributed..
 $(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR):
@@ -1044,7 +1046,8 @@
 # Install the dynamically loadable modules
 # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
 sharedinstall: sharedmods
-	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
+	CROSS_COMPILE='$(CROSS_COMPILE)' \
+	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
 	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
 		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
 		--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
@@ -1082,7 +1085,7 @@
 		fi; \
 	done
 	$(LN) -fsn include/python$(VERSION) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/Headers
-	sed 's/%VERSION%/'"`$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -c 'import platform; print platform.python_version()'`"'/g' < $(RESSRCDIR)/Info.plist > $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/Resources/Info.plist
+	sed 's/%VERSION%/'"`$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -c 'import platform; print platform.python_version()'`"'/g' < $(RESSRCDIR)/Info.plist > $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/Resources/Info.plist
 	$(LN) -fsn $(VERSION) $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR)/Versions/Current
 	$(LN) -fsn Versions/Current/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK) $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)
 	$(LN) -fsn Versions/Current/Headers $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR)/Headers
@@ -1117,7 +1120,7 @@
 # This installs a few of the useful scripts in Tools/scripts
 scriptsinstall:
 	SRCDIR=$(srcdir) $(RUNSHARED) \
-	./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/setup.py install \
+	$(HOSTPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/setup.py install \
 	--prefix=$(prefix) \
 	--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
 	--root=/$(DESTDIR)
@@ -1139,7 +1142,7 @@
 
 # Run reindent on the library
 reindent:
-	./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/reindent.py -r $(srcdir)/Lib
+	$(HOSTPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/reindent.py -r $(srcdir)/Lib
 
 # Rerun configure with the same options as it was run last time,
 # provided the config.status script exists
@@ -1242,7 +1245,7 @@
 
 # Perform some verification checks on any modified files.
 patchcheck:
-	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/patchcheck.py
+	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/patchcheck.py
 
 # Dependencies