--- python-2.4.5/configure.in.orig	2008-11-08 17:11:33.000000000 +0100
+++ python-2.4.5/configure.in	2008-11-08 17:13:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -227,6 +227,6 @@ case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
   # On FreeBSD 4, the math functions C89 does not cover are never defined
   # with _XOPEN_SOURCE and __BSD_VISIBLE does not re-enable them.
-  FreeBSD/4.*)
+  freebsd4* | FreeBSD/4.*)
     define_xopen_source=no;;
   # On MacOS X 10.2, a bug in ncurses.h means that it craps out if 
   # _XOPEN_EXTENDED_SOURCE is defined. Apparently, this is fixed in 10.3, which
@@ -240,6 +240,6 @@ case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
   # On Mac OS X 10.3, defining _POSIX_C_SOURCE or _XOPEN_SOURCE 
   # has no effect, don't bother defining them
-  Darwin/@<:@6789@:>@.*)
+  Darwin/@<:@6789@:>@.* | Darwin/6*)
     define_xopen_source=no;;
   # On AIX 4 and 5.1, mbstate_t is defined only when _XOPEN_SOURCE == 500 but
   # used in wcsnrtombs() and mbsnrtowcs() even if _XOPEN_SOURCE is not defined
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ then
 			fi
 		fi
 		;;
-	Linux*|GNU*|QNX*) LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared';;
+	linux*|Linux*|GNU*|QNX*) LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared';;
 	BSD/OS*/4*) LDSHARED="gcc -shared";;
 	FreeBSD*)
 		if [[ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]]
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ then
 		 then CCSHARED="-fPIC";
 		 else CCSHARED="+z";
 		 fi;;
-	Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
+	linux*|Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	BSD/OS*/4*) CCSHARED="-fpic";;
 	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
@@ -1574,7 +1574,7 @@ then
 	    LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-E -Wl,+s";;
 #	    LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-E -Wl,+s -Wl,+b\$(BINLIBDEST)/lib-dynload";;
 	BSD/OS/4*) LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker -export-dynamic";;
-	Linux*|GNU*) LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker -export-dynamic";;
+	linux*|Linux*|GNU*) LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker -export-dynamic";;
 	# -u libsys_s pulls in all symbols in libsys
 	Darwin/*) 
 		# -u _PyMac_Error is needed to pull in the mac toolbox glue,