a cleaner way to get the path to -lpython2.x

theano/gof/cmodule.py

@@ -640,9 +640,10 @@ def gcc_module_compile_str(module_name, src_code, location=None, include_dirs=[]
 
     # sometimes, the linker cannot find -lpython so we need to tell it 
     # explicitly where it is located
-    # this returns somepath/lib/python2.5/site-packages
-    python_lib = distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib()
-    python_lib = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(python_lib))
+    # this returns somepath/lib/python2.x
+    python_lib = distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(plat_specific=1, \
+                    standard_lib=1) 
+    python_lib = os.path.dirname(python_lib)
     if python_lib not in lib_dirs:
 	lib_dirs.append(python_lib)
 

theano/sandbox/cuda/nvcc_compiler.py

@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ def nvcc_module_compile_str(module_name, src_code, location=None, include_dirs=[
 
     # sometimes, the linker cannot find -lpython so we need to tell it 
     # explicitly where it is located
-    # this returns somepath/lib/python2.5/site-packages
-    python_lib = distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib()
-    python_lib = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(python_lib))
+    # this returns somepath/lib/python2.x
+    python_lib = distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib(plat_specific=1, \
+                    standard_lib=1)
+    python_lib = os.path.dirname(python_lib)
     if python_lib not in lib_dirs:
         lib_dirs.append(python_lib)