diff -ur cmake-2.6.2.orig/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake cmake-2.6.2/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake
--- cmake-2.6.2.orig/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake	2008-09-24 20:34:34.000000000 +0200
+++ cmake-2.6.2/Modules/FindPythonInterp.cmake	2009-01-03 19:54:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 
 FIND_PROGRAM(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE
-  NAMES python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 python1.6 python1.5 python
+  NAMES python python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 python1.6 python1.5
   PATHS
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Python\\PythonCore\\2.5\\InstallPath]
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Python\\PythonCore\\2.4\\InstallPath]