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 PYTHON_VERSION=2.4.5
-PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT=2.4
+PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR=2.4
 PYTHON_SOURCE:=Python-$(PYTHON_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PYTHON_SITE:=http://python.org/ftp/python/$(PYTHON_VERSION)
 PYTHON_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/Python-$(PYTHON_VERSION)
 PYTHON_BINARY:=python
 PYTHON_TARGET_BINARY:=usr/bin/python
 PYTHON_DEPS:=
-PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_DIR=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)/site-packages
+PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGE_DIR=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages
 
 BR2_PYTHON_DISABLED_MODULES=dbm zipfile
 
        touch $@
 
 $(PYTHON_DIR)/.patched: $(PYTHON_DIR)/.unpacked
-       toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(PYTHON_DIR) package/python/ python-$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)-\*.patch
+       toolchain/patch-kernel.sh $(PYTHON_DIR) package/python/ python-$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)-\*.patch
        touch $@
 
 $(PYTHON_DIR)/.hostpython: $(PYTHON_DIR)/.patched
                PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES="$(BR2_PYTHON_DISABLED_MODULES)" \
                HOSTPYTHON=./hostpython HOSTPGEN=./Parser/hostpgen && \
        rm $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/python && \
-       ln -s python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/python && \
+       ln -s python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/python && \
        rm $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/idle && \
        rm $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/pydoc && \
        find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ -name '*.pyo' -exec rm {} \; && \
        rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/share/locale $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/info \
                $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/man $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/doc \
-               $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)/test
-       cp -dpr $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT) $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/
-       mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)
-       cp -dpr $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)/config $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)/
+               $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/test
+       cp -dpr $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/
+       mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
+       cp -dpr $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/config $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PY_ONLY),y)
        find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ -name '*.pyc' -exec rm {} \;
        find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ -name '*.py' -exec rm {} \;
 endif
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_DEV),y)
-       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)
-       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)/config
+       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
+       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/config
        find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ -name '*.py' -exec rm {} \;
 endif
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_BSDDB),y)
-       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)/bsddb
+       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/bsddb
 endif
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_CURSES),y)
-       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)/curses
+       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/curses
 endif
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TKINTER),y)
-       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT)/lib-tk
+       rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/lib-tk
 endif
 
 python: uclibc $(PYTHON_DEPS) $(TARGET_DIR)/$(PYTHON_TARGET_BINARY)