diff -r ab8d74456403 setup.py
--- a/setup.py	Sat Jan 29 10:40:29 2011 +0100
+++ b/setup.py	Sat Jan 29 11:28:13 2011 +0100
@@ -370,6 +370,42 @@
                 return platform
         return sys.platform
 
+    _chainload = int()
+    def does_library_chainload_library(self, libpath, libre):#TODO Version sup.
+        """Checks wether the library 'libpath' (absolute) chainloads the
+        library which is denoted by the regular expression 'libre';
+        e.g. r'n?cursesw?' can be used to search for sorts of Curses.
+        Returns None or a '(libre-Match, Matching-Line)' tuple,
+        so that the shown re may return '("cursesw", LINE)'.
+        Also returns 'None' if the check is impossible due to missing tools.
+        'self.build_temp' is created as necessary."""
+        if isinstance(self._chainload, int):
+            self._chainload = None
+            if self.get_platform() == 'darwin':
+                if find_executable('otool'):
+                    self._chainload = ('otool -L', r').+?\.dylib.*')
+            elif find_executable('ldd'):
+                self._chainload = ('ldd', r')\.so.*')
+        if not self._chainload:
+            return None
+
+        # Cannot use os.popen here in py3k.
+        tmpfile = os.path.join(self.build_temp, 'library_chainload_check')
+        if not os.path.exists(self.build_temp):
+            os.makedirs(self.build_temp)
+
+        ret = (self._chainload[0] + " %s > %s") % (libpath, tmpfile)
+        ret = os.system(ret)
+        if ret >> 8 == 0:
+            with open(tmpfile) as fp:
+                for ln in fp:
+                    if re.search(libre, ln):
+                        ret = (re.sub(r'.*lib(' + libre + self._chainload[1],
+                                    r'\1', ln).rstrip(), ln)
+                        break
+        os.unlink(tmpfile)
+        return ret
+
     def detect_modules(self):
         # Ensure that /usr/local is always used, but the local build
         # directories (i.e. '.' and 'Include') must be first.  See issue
@@ -562,25 +598,12 @@
         readline_termcap_library = ""
         curses_library = ""
         # Determine if readline is already linked against curses or tinfo.
-        if do_readline and find_executable('ldd'):
-            # Cannot use os.popen here in py3k.
-            tmpfile = os.path.join(self.build_temp, 'readline_termcap_lib')
-            if not os.path.exists(self.build_temp):
-                os.makedirs(self.build_temp)
-            ret = os.system("ldd %s > %s" % (do_readline, tmpfile))
-            if ret >> 8 == 0:
-                with open(tmpfile) as fp:
-                    for ln in fp:
-                        if 'curses' in ln:
-                            readline_termcap_library = re.sub(
-                                r'.*lib(n?cursesw?)\.so.*', r'\1', ln
-                            ).rstrip()
-                            break
-                        # termcap interface split out from ncurses
-                        if 'tinfo' in ln:
-                            readline_termcap_library = 'tinfo'
-                            break
-            os.unlink(tmpfile)
+        ret = self.does_library_chainload_library(do_readline, r'n?cursesw?')
+        if ret:
+            readline_termcap_library = ret[0]
+            if 'tinfo' in ret[1]:
+                readline_termcap_library = 'tinfo'
+
         # Issue 7384: If readline is already linked against curses,
         # use the same library for the readline and curses modules.
         if 'curses' in readline_termcap_library:
@@ -593,9 +616,15 @@
             curses_library = 'curses'
 
         if platform == 'darwin':
+            # sdaoden: I don't know what this is all about, i am using
+            # MacOS X since 10.6, but both, 10.5 and 10.6 SDKs work properly!
+            # I've *never* used GNU Autoconf!
             os_release = int(os.uname()[2].split('.')[0])
-            dep_target = sysconfig.get_config_var('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET')
-            if dep_target and dep_target.split('.') < ['10', '5']:
+            # SDAODEN HACK dep_target = sysconfig.get_config_var('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET')
+            dep_target = '10.5' # SDAODEN HACK
+            if os_release >= 9:
+                pass
+            elif dep_target and dep_target.split('.') < ['10', '5']:
                 os_release = 8
             if os_release < 9:
                 # MacOSX 10.4 has a broken readline. Don't try to build