On Solaris pyconfig.h is delivered in the normal python header directory. As this is Solaris-specific, it is not suitable for upstream. --- Python-3.9.0/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py +++ Python-3.9.0/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def get_config_h_filename(): else: inc_dir = _sys_home or project_base else: - inc_dir = get_python_inc(plat_specific=1) + inc_dir = get_python_inc(plat_specific=0) return os.path.join(inc_dir, 'pyconfig.h')