diff -ur PyX-0.8.1/setup.py PyX-0.8.1-patched/setup.py
--- PyX-0.8.1/setup.py	2005-08-13 05:32:46.000000000 -0700
+++ PyX-0.8.1-patched/setup.py	2006-04-29 02:49:37.000000000 -0700
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
     log = None
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 from distutils.util import change_root, convert_path
-from distutils.command.build_py import build_py
-from distutils.command.install_data import install_data
 from distutils.command.install_lib import install_lib
 import ConfigParser
 import sys, os
@@ -81,79 +79,21 @@
 # extend install commands to overwrite siteconfig.py during build and install
 #
 
-
-class pyx_build_py(build_py):
-
-    def build_module(self, module, module_file, package):
-        if package == "pyx" and module == "siteconfig":
-            # generate path information as the original build_module does it
-            outfile = self.get_module_outfile(self.build_lib, [package], module)
-            outdir = os.path.dirname(outfile)
-            self.mkpath(outdir)
-
-            if log:
-                log.info("creating proper %s" % outfile)
-
-            # create the additional relative path parts to be inserted into the
-            # os.path.join methods in the original siteconfig.py
-            indir = os.path.dirname(module_file)
-            addjoinstring = ", ".join(["'..'" for d in outdir.split(os.path.sep)] +
-                                      ["'%s'" % d for d in indir.split(os.path.sep)])
-
-            # write a modifed version of siteconfig.py
-            fin = open(module_file, "r")
-            fout = open(outfile, "w")
-            for line in fin.readlines():
-                fout.write(line.replace("os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ",
-                                        "os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), %s, " % addjoinstring))
-            fin.close()
-            fout.close()
-        else:
-            return build_py.build_module(self, module, module_file, package)
-
-
-class pyx_install_data(install_data):
-
-    def run(self):
-        self.siteconfiglines = []
-        for dir, files in self.data_files:
-            # append siteconfiglines by "<siteconfigname> = <dir>"
-
-            # get the install directory
-            # (the following four lines are copied from within the install_data.run loop)
-            dir = convert_path(dir)
-            if not os.path.isabs(dir):
-                dir = os.path.join(self.install_dir, dir)
-            elif self.root:
-                dir = change_root(self.root, dir)
-
-            self.siteconfiglines.append("%s = '%s'\n" % (siteconfignames[files], dir))
-
-        install_data.run(self)
-
-
 class pyx_install_lib(install_lib):
 
-    def run(self):
-        # siteconfig.py depends on install_data:
-        self.run_command('install_data')
-        install_lib.run(self)
-
     def install(self):
-        # first we perform the tree_copy
         result = install_lib.install(self)
-
-        # siteconfiglines have been created by install_data
-        siteconfiglines = self.distribution.command_obj["install_data"].siteconfiglines
-
-        # such that we can easily overwrite siteconfig.py
+        root = self.get_finalized_command('install').root
+        if root == None:
+            root = ''
+        pyx_lfsdir = pyx_sharedir = os.path.join(sys.prefix, "share", "pyx")
+        pyx_pyxrc = os.path.join("/", "etc", "pyxrc")
         outfile = os.path.join(self.install_dir, "pyx", "siteconfig.py")
-        if log:
-            log.info("creating proper %s" % outfile)
         f = open(outfile, "w")
-        f.writelines(siteconfiglines)
+        f.write("lfsdir = %r\n" % pyx_lfsdir)
+        f.write("sharedir = %r\n" % pyx_sharedir)
+        f.write("pyxrcdir = %r\n" % pyx_pyxrc)
         f.close()
-
         return result
 
 ################################################################################
@@ -193,7 +133,5 @@
       packages=["pyx", "pyx/graph", "pyx/graph/axis", "pyx/t1strip", "pyx/pykpathsea"],
       ext_modules=ext_modules,
       data_files=data_files,
-      cmdclass = {"build_py": pyx_build_py,
-                  "install_data": pyx_install_data,
-                  "install_lib": pyx_install_lib},
+      cmdclass = {"install_lib": pyx_install_lib},
       **addargs)