problems buildin python interface to fuse

[JiggaHertz]

I'm trying to build the python interface to fuse and this is my first 
time using python.  I'm getting the following errors

[jh at localhost ~/build/fuse-python]# python setup.py build
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "setup.py", line 16, in ?
     py_modules=["fuse"],
   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/core.py", line 149, in setup
     dist.run_commands()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/dist.py", line 907, in run_commands
     self.run_command(cmd)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/dist.py", line 927, in run_command
     cmd_obj.run()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/command/build.py", line 107, in run
     self.run_command(cmd_name)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
     self.distribution.run_command(command)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/dist.py", line 927, in run_command
     cmd_obj.run()
   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 244, 
in run
     customize_compiler(self.compiler)
   File "/usr/lib/python2.3/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 159, in 
customize_compiler
     cpp = cc + " -E"           # not always
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'NoneType' and 'str'



I was originally receiving the following error...

[jh at localhost ~/build/fuse-python]# python setup.py build
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
error: invalid Python installation: unable to open 
/usr/lib/python2.3/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)

but I solved this by simply copying the included makefile to the 
python2.3/config directory...

Thanks,
JiggaHertz