id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 861 cannot find Python library path arb strk "configure spits out the error ""cannot find Python library path"" because it is looking for libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.* but the library is libpython3.6m.a I believe the find command should be changed from -name libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.* to -name ""libpython$PYTHON_VERSION*"" in macros/ac_python_devel.m4 and in configure. The quotes are required to escape the * The dot is missing because my library has a letter m after the digit. This might cause it to match more than before if the PYTHON_VERSION is a substring of several versions. " defect closed major 3.6.6 Build/Install 3.6.2 Critical wontfix python