1 files changed, 14 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/m4/ac_python_devel.m4 b/m4/ac_python_devel.m4
index 99ff7d0..2e7406e 100644
--- a/m4/ac_python_devel.m4
+++ b/m4/ac_python_devel.m4
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_PYTHON_DEVEL],[
         # Check for a version of Python >= 2.1.0
         #
         AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a version of Python >= '2.1.0'])
-        ac_supports_python_ver=`$PYTHON -c "import sys, string; \
-                ver = string.split(sys.version)[[0]]; \
-                print ver >= '2.1.0'"`
+        ac_supports_python_ver=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; \
+                ver = sys.version.split()[[0]]; \
+                print(ver >= '2.1.0')"`
         if test "$ac_supports_python_ver" != "True"; then
                 if test -z "$PYTHON_NOVERSIONCHECK"; then
                         AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ to something else than an empty string.
         #
         if test -n "$1"; then
                 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for a version of Python $1])
-                ac_supports_python_ver=`$PYTHON -c "import sys, string; \
-                        ver = string.split(sys.version)[[0]]; \
-                        print ver $1"`
+                ac_supports_python_ver=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; \
+                        ver = sys.version.split()[[0]]; \
+                        print(ver >= '2.1.0')"`
                 if test "$ac_supports_python_ver" = "True"; then
                    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
                 else
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ $ac_distutils_result])
         AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python include path])
         if test -z "$PYTHON_CPPFLAGS"; then
                 python_path=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
-                        print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc();"`
+                        print(distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc());"`
                 if test -n "${python_path}"; then
                         python_path="-I$python_path"
                 fi
@@ -170,21 +170,19 @@ $ac_distutils_result])
                 # (makes two attempts to ensure we've got a version number
                 # from the interpreter)
                 py_version=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils.sysconfig import *; \
-                        from string import join; \
-                        print join(get_config_vars('VERSION'))"`
+                        print(' '.join(get_config_vars('VERSION')))"`
                 if test "$py_version" = "[None]"; then
                         if test -n "$PYTHON_VERSION"; then
                                 py_version=$PYTHON_VERSION
                         else
                                 py_version=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; \
-                                        print sys.version[[:3]]"`
+                                        print(sys.version[[:3]]")`
                         fi
                 fi
 
                 PYTHON_LDFLAGS=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils.sysconfig import *; \
-                        from string import join; \
-                        print '-L' + get_python_lib(0,1), \
-                        '-lpython';"`$py_version
+                        print('-L' + get_python_lib(0,1) + \
+                        ' -lpython');"`$py_version
         fi
         AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_LDFLAGS])
         AC_SUBST([PYTHON_LDFLAGS])
@@ -195,7 +193,7 @@ $ac_distutils_result])
         AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Python site-packages path])
         if test -z "$PYTHON_SITE_PKG"; then
                 PYTHON_SITE_PKG=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
-                        print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(0,0);"`
+                        print(distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(0,0))"`
         fi
         AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_SITE_PKG])
         AC_SUBST([PYTHON_SITE_PKG])
@@ -207,7 +205,7 @@ $ac_distutils_result])
         if test -z "$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS"; then
            PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
                 conf = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var; \
-                print conf('LOCALMODLIBS'), conf('LIBS')"`
+                print(conf('LOCALMODLIBS'), conf('LIBS'))"`
         fi
         AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS])
         AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS)
@@ -219,7 +217,7 @@ $ac_distutils_result])
         if test -z "$PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS"; then
                 PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; \
                         conf = distutils.sysconfig.get_config_var; \
-                        print conf('LINKFORSHARED')"`
+                        print(conf('LINKFORSHARED'))"`
         fi
         AC_MSG_RESULT([$PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
         AC_SUBST(PYTHON_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)