diff -r -u Python-2.4.3/Include/ceval.h Python-2.4.3_cci/Include/ceval.h
--- Python-2.4.3/Include/ceval.h	2004-10-10 19:40:51.000000000 -0700
+++ Python-2.4.3_cci/Include/ceval.h	2006-03-31 22:39:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 
 /* this used to be handled on a per-thread basis - now just two globals */
 PyAPI_DATA(volatile int) _Py_Ticker;
+#ifndef HAVE_LONG_LONG
+PyAPI_DATA(volatile long) _Py_TickerAccumulation;
+#else
+PyAPI_DATA(volatile PY_LONG_LONG) _Py_TickerAccumulation;
+#endif
 PyAPI_DATA(int) _Py_CheckInterval;
 
 /* Interface for threads.
diff -r -u Python-2.4.3/PC/os2emx/python24.def Python-2.4.3_cci/PC/os2emx/python24.def
--- Python-2.4.3/PC/os2emx/python24.def	2004-10-10 19:40:51.000000000 -0700
+++ Python-2.4.3_cci/PC/os2emx/python24.def	2006-03-31 22:39:31.000000000 -0800
@@ -743,6 +743,7 @@
   "_Py_CheckRecursionLimit"
   "_Py_CheckInterval"
   "_Py_Ticker"
+  "_Py_TickerAccumulation"
 
 ; From python24_s.lib(compile)
   "PyCode_New"
diff -r -u Python-2.4.3/Python/ceval.c Python-2.4.3_cci/Python/ceval.c
--- Python-2.4.3/Python/ceval.c	2006-03-07 07:59:09.000000000 -0800
+++ Python-2.4.3_cci/Python/ceval.c	2006-03-31 22:39:31.000000000 -0800
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@
 	pendinglast = j;
 
 	_Py_Ticker = 0;
+	_Py_TickerAccumulation = 0;
 	things_to_do = 1; /* Signal main loop */
 	busy = 0;
 	/* XXX End critical section */
@@ -476,6 +477,11 @@
    per thread, now just a pair o' globals */
 int _Py_CheckInterval = 100;
 volatile int _Py_Ticker = 100;
+#ifndef HAVE_LONG_LONG
+volatile long _Py_TickerAccumulation = 0;
+#else
+volatile PY_LONG_LONG _Py_TickerAccumulation = 0;
+#endif
 
 PyObject *
 PyEval_EvalCode(PyCodeObject *co, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals)
@@ -770,6 +776,7 @@
 		   async I/O handler); see Py_AddPendingCall() and
 		   Py_MakePendingCalls() above. */
 
+                _Py_TickerAccumulation++;
 		if (--_Py_Ticker < 0) {
                         if (*next_instr == SETUP_FINALLY) {
                                 /* Make the last opcode before
diff -r -u Python-2.4.3/Python/pythonrun.c Python-2.4.3_cci/Python/pythonrun.c
--- Python-2.4.3/Python/pythonrun.c	2005-10-01 18:51:56.000000000 -0700
+++ Python-2.4.3_cci/Python/pythonrun.c	2006-03-31 22:39:31.000000000 -0800
@@ -579,8 +579,10 @@
 Py_GetPythonHome(void)
 {
 	char *home = default_home;
+/*
 	if (home == NULL && !Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag)
 		home = Py_GETENV("PYTHONHOME");
+*/
 	return home;
 }
 
diff -r -u Python-2.4.3/Python/sysmodule.c Python-2.4.3_cci/Python/sysmodule.c
--- Python-2.4.3/Python/sysmodule.c	2005-10-02 18:03:46.000000000 -0700
+++ Python-2.4.3_cci/Python/sysmodule.c	2006-03-31 22:39:31.000000000 -0800
@@ -442,6 +442,20 @@
 "getcheckinterval() -> current check interval; see setcheckinterval()."
 );
 
+static PyObject *
+sys_gettickeraccumulation(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+#ifndef HAVE_LONG_LONG
+	return PyInt_FromLong(_Py_TickerAccumulation);
+#else
+	return PyLong_FromLongLong(_Py_TickerAccumulation);
+#endif
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(gettickeraccumulation_doc,
+"gettickeraccumulation() -> current count of bytecodes processed by the interpreter."
+);
+
 #ifdef WITH_TSC
 static PyObject *
 sys_settscdump(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
@@ -763,6 +777,8 @@
 	 setcheckinterval_doc}, 
 	{"getcheckinterval",	sys_getcheckinterval, METH_NOARGS,
 	 getcheckinterval_doc}, 
+	{"gettickeraccumulation", sys_gettickeraccumulation, METH_NOARGS,
+	 gettickeraccumulation_doc}, 
 #ifdef HAVE_DLOPEN
 	{"setdlopenflags", sys_setdlopenflags, METH_VARARGS, 
 	 setdlopenflags_doc},
Only in Python-2.4.3_cci: cci_patches
diff -r -u Python-2.4.3/setup.py Python-2.4.3_cci/setup.py
--- Python-2.4.3/setup.py	2006-03-23 11:07:46.000000000 -0800
+++ Python-2.4.3_cci/setup.py	2006-03-31 23:09:18.838975920 -0800
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@
 
     def detect_modules(self):
         # Ensure that /usr/local is always used
-        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/local/lib')
-        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
+        # add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/local/lib')
+        # add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
 
         # Add paths to popular package managers on OS X/darwin
         if sys.platform == "darwin":