get python version without awk and cut [simpler]

src/Makefile

 # Set the C flags to include the GTK+ and Python libraries
-PYTHONVER = `python -V 2>&1 | awk '{print $$2}' | cut -f1,2 -d.`
+PYTHONVER = `python -c 'import sys; print sys.version[:3]'`
 CFLAGS = `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0` -fPIC -I/usr/include/python$(PYTHONVER) -I.
 LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0`
 

src/common/Makefile

 # Set the C flags to include the GTK+ and Python libraries
-PYTHONVER = `python -V 2>&1 | awk '{print $$2}' | cut -f1,2 -d.`
+PYTHONVER = `python -c 'import sys; print sys.version[:3]'`
 CFLAGS = `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0` -fpic -I/usr/include/python$(PYTHONVER) -I.
 LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0`