--- setup.py.orig	Thu Dec 20 18:33:42 2001
+++ setup.py	Sun Jan 20 11:00:24 2002
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Check for some environment variables
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+try: gtk_config = os.environ['GTK_CONFIG']
+except KeyError: gtk_config = 'gtk-config'
+
+try: sys_libs = string.split(os.environ['LIBS'])
+except KeyError: sys_libs = []
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Check for build flags on the command line
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -277,9 +287,10 @@
                ]
     libdirs = []
     libs = []
+    libs.extend(sys_libs)
 
     cflags = os.popen(WX_CONFIG + ' --cxxflags', 'r').read()[:-1] + ' ' + \
-             os.popen('gtk-config --cflags', 'r').read()[:-1]
+             os.popen(gtk_config + ' --cflags', 'r').read()[:-1]
     cflags = string.split(cflags)
 
     lflags = os.popen(WX_CONFIG + ' --libs', 'r').read()[:-1]