setup.py breaks Modules/Setup.local

[Skip Montanaro]

    Mike> I am attempting to get Modules/Setup.local working to build python
    Mike> 2.2.1.  But there seems to be a bad interaction with setup.py.  I
    Mike> have a Modules/Setup.local which contains a definition for the
    Mike> _tkinter module.  I would like to use a Tcl/Tk release from a
    Mike> location that setup.py does not find.  It looks like this:

    Mike> # Edit this file for local setup changes
    Mike> *shared*

    Mike> _tkinter _tkinter.c tkappinit.c -DWITH_APPINIT \
    Mike>         -L/usr/local/tcltk-8.3.2/lib \
    Mike>         -I/usr/local/tcltk-8.3.2/include \
    Mike>         -I/usr/X11R6/include \
    Mike>         -ltk8.3 -ltcl8.3 \
    Mike>         -L/usr/X11R6/lib \
    Mike>         -lX11

I've not tried this myself, but I think if you set the LIBDIR and INCLUDEDIR
environment variables you should be good to go:

    export INCLUDEDIR=/usr/local/tcltk-8.3.2/include
    export LIBDIR=/usr/local/tcltk-8.3.2/lib
    ./configure 
    make

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