--- QScintilla-gpl-2.7.1/Python/configure.py~ 2013-03-07 08:09:00.678704222 +0000 +++ QScintilla-gpl-2.7.1/Python/configure.py 2013-03-07 08:11:48.860880852 +0000 @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ import glob import optparse +src_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) + try: import sysconfig except ImportError: @@ -455,6 +457,9 @@ # Get the QScintilla version string. sciversstr = read_define(sciglobal, 'QSCINTILLA_VERSION_STR') + + return # Debian: do not check for the installed version, we're good this way. + if sciversstr is None: error( "The QScintilla version number could not be determined by "