--- automake-1.9.6/m4/python.m4.orig	Wed Oct 19 08:25:00 2011
+++ automake-1.9.6/m4/python.m4	Wed Oct 19 08:25:30 2011
@@ -34,13 +34,12 @@
 # numbers and dots only.
 AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_PYTHON],
  [
-  dnl Find a Python interpreter.  Python versions prior to 1.5 are not
-  dnl supported because the default installation locations changed from
-  dnl $prefix/lib/site-python in 1.4 to $prefix/lib/python1.5/site-packages
-  dnl in 1.5.
+  dnl Find a Python interpreter.  Python versions prior to 2.0 are not
+  dnl supported. (2.0 was released on October 16, 2000).
   m4_define_default([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST],
-                    [python python2 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 dnl
-python2.1 python2.0 python1.6 python1.5])
+                    [python python2 python3 python3.2 python3.1 python3.0 dnl
+python2.7 python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 dnl
+python2.0])
 
   m4_if([$1],[],[
     dnl No version check is needed.