new_contents: import glob
  import os
  from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
  from distutils import sysconfig
  
  Import('env')
  
  def call(cmd, silent=True):
      stdin, stderr = Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE).communicate()
      if not stderr:
          return stdin.strip()
      elif not silent:
          print stderr
  
  
  prefix = env['PREFIX']
  target_path = os.path.normpath(sysconfig.get_python_lib() + os.path.sep + env['MAPNIK_NAME'])
  
  py_env = env.Clone()
  
  py_env.Append(CPPPATH = sysconfig.get_python_inc())
  
  py_env.Append(CPPDEFINES = env['LIBMAPNIK_DEFINES'])
  
  py_env['LIBS'] = [env['MAPNIK_NAME'],'libboost_python']
  
  link_all_libs = env['LINKING'] == 'static' or env['RUNTIME_LINK'] == 'static'
  
  # even though boost_thread is no longer used in mapnik core
  # we need to link in for boost_python to avoid missing symbol: _ZN5boost6detail12get_tss_dataEPKv / boost::detail::get_tss_data
  py_env.AppendUnique(LIBS = 'boost_thread%s' % env['BOOST_APPEND'])
  
  if link_all_libs:
      py_env.AppendUnique(LIBS=env['LIBMAPNIK_LIBS'])
  
  # note: on linux -lrt must be linked after thread to avoid: undefined symbol: clock_gettime
  if env['RUNTIME_LINK'] == 'static' and env['PLATFORM'] == 'Linux':
      py_env.AppendUnique(LIBS='rt')
  
  # TODO - do solaris/fedora need direct linking too?
  python_link_flag = ''
  if env['PLATFORM'] == 'Darwin':
      python_link_flag = '-undefined dynamic_lookup'
  
  paths = '''
  """Configuration paths of Mapnik fonts and input plugins (auto-generated by SCons)."""
  
  from os.path import normpath,join,dirname
  
  mapniklibpath = '%s'
  mapniklibpath = normpath(join(dirname(__file__),mapniklibpath))
  '''
  
  paths += "inputpluginspath = join(mapniklibpath,'input')\n"
  
  if env['SYSTEM_FONTS']:
      paths += "fontscollectionpath = normpath('%s')\n" % env['SYSTEM_FONTS']
  else:
      paths += "fontscollectionpath = join(mapniklibpath,'fonts')\n"
  
  paths += "__all__ = [mapniklibpath,inputpluginspath,fontscollectionpath]\n"
  
  if not os.path.exists(env['MAPNIK_NAME']):
      os.mkdir(env['MAPNIK_NAME'])
  
  file('mapnik/paths.py','w').write(paths % (env['MAPNIK_LIB_DIR']))
  
  # force open perms temporarily so that `sudo scons install`
  # does not later break simple non-install non-sudo rebuild
  try:
      os.chmod('mapnik/paths.py',0666)
  except: pass
  
  # install the shared object beside the module directory
  sources = glob.glob('src/*.cpp')
  
  if 'install' in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
      # install the core mapnik python files, including '__init__.py'
      init_files = glob.glob('mapnik/*.py')
      if 'mapnik/paths.py' in init_files:
          init_files.remove('mapnik/paths.py')
      init_module = env.Install(target_path, init_files)
      env.Alias(target='install', source=init_module)
      # fix perms and install the custom generated 'paths.py'
      targetp = os.path.join(target_path,'paths.py')
      env.Alias("install", targetp)
      # use env.Command rather than env.Install
      # to enable setting proper perms on `paths.py`
      env.Command( targetp, 'mapnik/paths.py',
          [
          Copy("$TARGET","$SOURCE"),
          Chmod("$TARGET", 0644),
          ])
  
  if 'uninstall' not in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
      if env['HAS_CAIRO']:
          py_env.Append(CPPPATH = env['CAIRO_CPPPATHS'])
          py_env.Append(CPPDEFINES = '-DHAVE_CAIRO')
          if link_all_libs:
              py_env.Append(LIBS=env['CAIRO_ALL_LIBS'])
  
      if env['HAS_PYCAIRO']:
          py_env.Append(CPPDEFINES = '-DHAVE_PYCAIRO')
          py_env.Append(CPPPATH = env['PYCAIRO_PATHS'])
  
  py_env.Append(LINKFLAGS=python_link_flag)
  py_env.AppendUnique(LIBS='mapnik-json')
  py_env.AppendUnique(LIBS='mapnik-wkt')
  
  _mapnik = py_env.LoadableModule('mapnik/_mapnik', sources, LDMODULEPREFIX='', LDMODULESUFFIX='.so')
  
  Depends(_mapnik, env.subst('../../src/%s' % env['MAPNIK_LIB_NAME']))
  Depends(_mapnik, env.subst('../../src/json/libmapnik-json${LIBSUFFIX}'))
  Depends(_mapnik, env.subst('../../src/wkt/libmapnik-wkt${LIBSUFFIX}'))
  
  if 'uninstall' not in COMMAND_LINE_TARGETS:
      pymapniklib = env.Install(target_path,_mapnik)
      py_env.Alias(target='install',source=pymapniklib)
  
  env['create_uninstall_target'](env, target_path)
  
subject: Revert "remove relic of scons"