Error at compiling audit 4.2.2

Not sure if you guys provide support for this, I am trying to compile auditd 4.2.2 and Iam using python 2.6.. I get this error and I was wondering if it cou;s be fixed. Or If I absolutely need to use pythoin 2.7: Command entered: /configure --sbindir=/sbin --with-python=yes --with-libwrap --enable-gssapi-krb5=yes --with-libcap-ng=yes Error (checking header files section): Checking for header files checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes checking for inline... inline checking size of unsigned int... 4 checking size of unsigned long... 8 checking whether MS_DIRSYNC is declared... yes checking whether AUDIT_FEATURE_VERSION is declared... no checking whether AUDIT_VERSION_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME is declared... no checking whether to create python bindings... testing checking for python... /usr/bin/python checking for python version... 2.6 checking for python platform... linux2 checking for python script directory... ${prefix}/lib64/python2.6/site-packages checking for python extension module directory... ${exec_prefix}/lib64/python2.6/site-packages configure: error: Python explicitly required and python headers found any tips would help, I can even use an older version if necessary.. I just need to upgrade 1.8. (SLES 11) MErci