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I understand now:

flaw@void:~ % sudo ldconfig /usr/lib /usr/local/lib
/usr/X11R6/lib /usr/dev/lib
flaw@void:~ % ldconfig -r | grep 'python'
        342:-lpython2.3.1 => /usr/local/lib/libpython2.3.so.1

/usr/dev/lib has libpython2.4.so and libpython2.4.so.1.0

flaw@void:~ % cd /usr/dev/lib
flaw@void:/usr/dev/lib % sudo ln -s libpython2.4.so.1.0
libpython2.4.so.1
flaw@void:/usr/dev/lib % sudo ln -sf libpython2.4.so.1
libpython2.4.so
flaw@void:/usr/dev/lib % l libpython2.4.so
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  - 17B Oct 21 18:01
libpython2.4.so -> libpython2.4.so.1
flaw@void:/usr/dev/lib % l libpython2.4.so.1
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  - 19B Oct 21 18:01
libpython2.4.so.1 -> libpython2.4.so.1.0
flaw@void:/usr/dev/lib % sudo ldconfig /usr/lib
/usr/local/lib /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/dev/lib
flaw@void:/usr/dev/lib % ldconfig -r | grep 'python'
        342:-lpython2.3.1 => /usr/local/lib/libpython2.3.so.1
        625:-lpython2.4.1 => /usr/dev/lib/libpython2.4.so.1

Although, it doesn't appear to be "fatal". A ld
-L/usr/dev/lib -lpython2.4 will work fine, either way.