--- configure.orig	Wed Nov 15 05:33:42 2000
+++ configure	Wed Nov 15 05:33:58 2000
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@
 # check if python is compiled with threads
 echo $ac_n "checking whether Python is compiled with thread support""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:1315: checking whether Python is compiled with thread support" >&5
-PyTHREADS=`$PYTHON_BIN -c "import sys; print \"thread\" in sys.builtin_module_names"`
+PyTHREADS="0"
 if test "$PyTHREADS" = "1"; then
   echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
   echo