>   I know little about scons or python, but working with
> kstreamripper it became apparent that the current 'tde-config --version' return was
> causing the build to fail due to the string not including a '3' which causes a
> chain reaction of failures:

You gotta check the bugzilla more often. :)

http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/show_bug.cgi?id=946

I posted a patch to help with the specific problem you address, but the build still fails and I have not pursued further.

Darrell