[Python-Dev] Demo/embed causes 'import site' failure

[Guido van Rossum]

> I didn't bother to check, but does the embed Makefile include python's
> Makefile* stuff from $prefix/config ? Does it contain -export-dynamic ? If
> so, very pecurliar... ;-P

Makefile includes are notoriously unportable, aren't they?  The
embed/Makefile is a lame excuse for a Makefile -- it has XXX comments
all over the place telling you to edit things to match the Python main
Makefile... :-(  My fault -- feel free to fix!

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://dinsdale.python.org/~guido/)