--- scripting/python/Makefile.in.orig	Tue Sep  5 22:15:56 2006
+++ scripting/python/Makefile.in	Tue Sep  5 22:16:11 2006
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 @PYTHON_SUPPORT_TRUE@python-compile: adesklets/commands.py
 @PYTHON_SUPPORT_TRUE@	@PYTHON@ setup.py build
 @PYTHON_SUPPORT_TRUE@install-data-local:
-@PYTHON_SUPPORT_TRUE@	@PYTHON@ setup.py install --root=$(DESTDIR)
+@PYTHON_SUPPORT_TRUE@	@PYTHON@ setup.py install --root="/$(DESTDIR)"
 @PYTHON_SUPPORT_FALSE@python-compile:
 # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
 # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.