I succeeded by fixing up setup.py:

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--- setup.py~   Tue Mar 19 08:21:14 2002
+++ setup.py    Wed May 14 15:10:30 2003
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
        optional_libs=[ 'libpqdll', 'wsock32', 'advapi32' ]
        data_files = [ 'libpq.dll' ]
 else:
-       include_dirs=['/usr/include/pgsql']
-       library_dirs=['usr/lib/pgsql']
+       include_dirs=['../../include','../libpq','/usr/include/pgsql']
+       library_dirs=['../libpq','/usr/lib/pgsql']
        optional_libs=['pq']
        data_files = []
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

George Young

src/interfaces/python/setup.py

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ if sys.platform == "win32":
 	optional_libs=[ 'libpqdll', 'wsock32', 'advapi32' ]
 	data_files = [ 'libpq.dll' ]
 else:
-	include_dirs=['/usr/include/pgsql']
-	library_dirs=['/usr/lib/pgsql']
+	include_dirs=['../../include','../libpq','/usr/include/pgsql']
+	library_dirs=['../libpq','/usr/lib/pgsql']
 	optional_libs=['pq']
 	data_files = []