+wx_major_version_number := $(shell sed -n 's/^wx_major_version_number=//p' configure.in)
+wx_minor_version_number := $(shell sed -n 's/^wx_minor_version_number=//p' configure.in)
+wx_release_number := $(shell sed -n 's/^wx_release_number=//p' configure.in)
+wx_subrelease_number := $(shell sed -n 's/^wx_subrelease_number=//p' configure.in)
+
+##release := $(shell dpkg-parsechangelog | sed -n 's/^Source: wxwidgets//p' | sed 's/-ansi//')
+release := $(wx_major_version_number).$(wx_minor_version_number)
+
+# This is broken completely now by bakefiles changes. Until we add
+# some hocus pocus to the main tree, to export these values from it
+# again, we approximate its behaviour (fairly precisely fwiw) to
+# specify $soversion below. Re-automate if incompatible changes
+# result in it actually changing.
+#soversion := $(shell grep '^WX_CURRENT=' configure.in | sed 's/WX_CURRENT=\([0-9]\+\).*/\1/')
+soversion := 0
+sorelease := $(release:%-$(DEBIAN_WXFLAVOUR)=%)-$(soversion)$(addprefix -,$(DEBIAN_WXFLAVOUR))
+
+# In some places we use the full version number, including the micro version,
+# for the development releases (which can be incompatible for the same major
+# and minor version) but just the major.minor for the stable releases (which
+# are supposed to be compatible), this variable contains the appropriate value
+ifeq ($(shell echo `echo $(release) | sed 's/.\+\.\(.\+\)/\1/'`%2 | bc),1)
+ # development release
+ compatible_release := $(release).$(wx_release_number)
+else
+ compatible_release := $(release)
+endif
+
+# Base value for alternative priorities.
+alt_prio := $(subst .,,$(release))
+
+pytoolkit := gtk2
+pydir := usr/lib/$(python_ver)/site-packages
+wxpydir := $(pydir)/wx-$(compatible_release)-$(pytoolkit)
+
+cross_host := i586-mingw32msvc
+cross_build := $(shell ./config.guess)