diff -up ./configure.old ./configure
--- ./configure.old	2010-05-31 17:50:18.000000000 -0400
+++ ./configure	2010-07-31 00:42:13.430307466 -0400
@@ -19232,7 +19232,7 @@ if test "${am_cv_pathless_PYTHON+set}" =
   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
 else
 
-	for am_cv_pathless_PYTHON in python python2 python3 python3.0 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 none; do
+	for am_cv_pathless_PYTHON in python python2 python3 python3.0 python2.7 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 none; do
 	  test "$am_cv_pathless_PYTHON" = none && break
 	  prog="import sys
 # split strings by '.' and convert to numeric.  Append some zeros