Would it be possible to use something similar to the bits/ dir in eglibc? Or would your proposal replace that? /usr/include/python2.7/bits -> /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/python2.7/bits And in /usr/include/python2.7/* #include <python2.7/bits/foo.h> -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise