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On Thu, 8 Mar 2018, karl AT aspodata DOT se wrote:
> Doning
> # ln -s /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/python-2.7.pc /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/python2.pc
> makes configure work

So it appears that, for some reason, the symlink was missing for you.

> What is the best way to solve this?

What you did--add a symlink.

For reference, this is how Debian does it:
   python2.pc -> python.pc
   python.pc -> python-2.7.pc