Index: Python-2.5.1/Makefile.pre.in
===================================================================
--- Python-2.5.1.orig/Makefile.pre.in	2007-07-30 12:55:24.000000000 -0500
+++ Python-2.5.1/Makefile.pre.in	2007-07-30 12:55:24.000000000 -0500
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
 
 PYTHON=		python$(EXE)
 BUILDPYTHON=	python$(BUILDEXE)
+HOSTPYTHON=	$(BUILDPYTHON)
 
 # === Definitions added by makesetup ===
 
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@
 ##########################################################################
 # Parser
 PGEN=		Parser/pgen$(EXE)
-
+HOSTPGEN=	$(PGEN)$(EXE)
 POBJS=		\
 		Parser/acceler.o \
 		Parser/grammar1.o \
@@ -394,8 +395,8 @@
 # Build the shared modules
 sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
 	@case $$MAKEFLAGS in \
-	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
-	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
+	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
	esac
 
 # Build static library
@@ -512,8 +513,8 @@
 
 
 $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C): $(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT)
		-@$(INSTALL) -d Include
-		-$(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
+		-$(HOSTPGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
 
 $(PGEN):	$(PGENOBJS)
 		$(CC) $(OPT) $(LDFLAGS) $(PGENOBJS) $(LIBS) -o $(PGEN)
@@ -993,7 +994,7 @@
 # Install the dynamically loadable modules
 # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
 sharedinstall:
-	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
+	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
 	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
 		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
 		--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index c2ce5c6..63dc91e 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ build_all_generate_profile:
 	$(MAKE) all CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) -fprofile-generate" LIBS="$(LIBS) -lgcov"
 
 run_profile_task:
-	./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(PROFILE_TASK)
+	$(HOSTPYTHON) $(PROFILE_TASK)
 
 build_all_use_profile:
 	$(MAKE) all CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) -fprofile-use"
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ $(BUILDPYTHON):	Modules/python.o $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY)
 			$(BLDLIBRARY) $(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST)
 
 platform: $(BUILDPYTHON)
-	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E -c 'import sys ; from distutils.util import get_platform ; print get_platform()+"-"+sys.version[0:3]' >platform
+	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -E -c 'import sys ; from distutils.util import get_platform ; print get_platform()+"-"+sys.version[0:3]' >platform
 
 
 # Build the shared modules
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODOBJS) Modules/python.o: $(PYTHON_HEADERS)
 
 TESTOPTS=	-l $(EXTRATESTOPTS)
 TESTPROG=	$(srcdir)/Lib/test/regrtest.py
-TESTPYTHON=	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E -tt
+TESTPYTHON=	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -E -tt
 test:		all platform
 		-find $(srcdir)/Lib -name '*.py[co]' -print | xargs rm -f
 
@@ -1032,7 +1014,7 @@ frameworkinstallstructure:	$(LDLIBRARY)
 		fi; \
 	done
 	$(LN) -fsn include/python$(VERSION) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/Headers
-	sed 's/%VERSION%/'"`$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -c 'import platform; print platform.python_version()'`"'/g' < $(RESSRCDIR)/Info.plist > $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/Resources/Info.plist
+	sed 's/%VERSION%/'"`$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -c 'import platform; print platform.python_version()'`"'/g' < $(RESSRCDIR)/Info.plist > $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/Resources/Info.plist
 	$(LN) -fsn $(VERSION) $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR)/Versions/Current
 	$(LN) -fsn Versions/Current/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK) $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)
 	$(LN) -fsn Versions/Current/Headers $(DESTDIR)$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR)/Headers
@@ -1074,7 +1056,7 @@ frameworkinstallextras:
 # This installs a few of the useful scripts in Tools/scripts
 scriptsinstall:
 	SRCDIR=$(srcdir) $(RUNSHARED) \
-	./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/setup.py install \
+	$(HOSTPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/setup.py install \
 	--prefix=$(prefix) \
 	--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
 	--root=/$(DESTDIR)
@@ -1096,7 +1078,7 @@ config.status:	$(srcdir)/configure
 
 # Run reindent on the library
 reindent:
-	./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/reindent.py -r $(srcdir)/Lib
+	$(HOSTPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/reindent.py -r $(srcdir)/Lib
 
 # Rerun configure with the same options as it was run last time,
 # provided the config.status script exists
@@ -1192,7 +1174,7 @@ funny:
 
 # Perform some verification checks on any modified files.
 patchcheck:
-	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/patchcheck.py
+	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) $(srcdir)/Tools/scripts/patchcheck.py
 
 # Dependencies