diff -up sip-4.7/configure.py.64bit sip-4.7/configure.py

--- sip-4.7/configure.py.64bit	2007-07-30 11:02:37.000000000 -0500

+++ sip-4.7/configure.py	2007-09-28 09:47:08.000000000 -0500

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import os

 import string

 import glob

 import getopt

+from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib

 import siputils

@@ -229,13 +230,9 @@ def set_platform_directories():

         try:

             lib_dir = sys.lib

         except AttributeError:

-            lib_dir = "lib"

+            lib_dir = get_python_lib(plat_specific=1, standard_lib=1)

-        lib_dir = sys.prefix + "/" + lib_dir + "/python" + vers

-

-        plat_py_site_dir = lib_dir

-        if py_version >= 0x020000:

-            plat_py_site_dir = plat_py_site_dir + "/site-packages"

+        plat_py_site_dir = get_python_lib(1)

         plat_py_inc_dir = sys.prefix + "/include/python" + vers

         plat_py_conf_inc_dir = sys.exec_prefix + "/include/python" + vers