--- src/config/makefile.h.orig

+++ src/config/makefile.h

@@ -2630,12 +2630,12 @@ else

   GOTPYTHON2 := $(shell command -v python2 2> /dev/null)

   GOTPYTHON  := $(shell command -v python 2> /dev/null)

   ifdef GOTPYTHON3

-    PYTHONVERSION=$(shell python3 -V 2>&1 |cut -c 8-10)

+    PYTHONVERSION=$(shell python3 -c 'import sys; print("{}.{}".format(sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor))')

   else ifdef GOTPYTHON2

-    PYTHONVERSION=$(shell python2 -V 2>&1 |cut -c 8-10)

+    PYTHONVERSION=$(shell python2 -c 'import sys; print("{}.{}".format(sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor))')

   else ifdef GOTPYTHON

 #last try at python2

-    PYTHONVERSION=$(shell python -V 2>&1 |cut -c 8-10)

+    PYTHONVERSION=$(shell python -c 'import sys; print("{}.{}".format(sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor))')

   else

 errorpython3:

 $(info )

--- src/python/task_python.c.orig

+++ src/python/task_python.c

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@

 #include "ga.h"

 #include <import.h>

+#if ( PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3 && PY_MINOR_VERSION >= 9)

+/* might require new headers and code */

+#else

 #include <graminit.h>

+#endif

 #include <pythonrun.h>

 #include <stdlib.h>

 #include "typesf2c.h"