diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/package.mk b/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
index 8fa6e9ad9f..2013e93d44 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/package.mk
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="Python"
-PKG_VERSION="2.7.8"
+PKG_VERSION="2.7.3"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.python.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.xz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="zlib:host"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain Python:host sqlite expat zlib bzip2 libressl libffi Python:host"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain Python:host sqlite expat zlib bzip2 libressl libffi"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="lang"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="python: The Python programming language"
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="ac_cv_file_dev_ptc=no \
                            ac_cv_buggy_getaddrinfo=no \
                            ac_cv_header_bluetooth_bluetooth_h=no \
                            ac_cv_header_bluetooth_h=no \
-                           ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=no \
-                           ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no \
-                           ac_cv_have_long_long_format=yes \
                            --with-threads \
                            --enable-unicode=ucs4 \
                            --enable-ipv6 \
@@ -75,6 +72,19 @@ make_host() {
        PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES="$PY_DISABLED_MODULES"
 }
 
+make_target() {
+  make  -j1 CC="$TARGET_CC" \
+        HOSTPYTHON=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python \
+        HOSTPGEN=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/pgen \
+        BLDSHARED="$CC -shared" \
+        RUNSHARED="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
+        PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES="$PY_DISABLED_MODULES" \
+        CROSS_COMPILE="$TARGET_NAME" \
+        CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET="yes" \
+        PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE="$TARGET_INCDIR" \
+        PYTHON_MODULES_LIB="$TARGET_LIBDIR"
+}
+
 makeinstall_host() {
   make PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE="$HOST_INCDIR" \
        PYTHON_MODULES_LIB="$HOST_LIBDIR" \
@@ -82,42 +92,44 @@ makeinstall_host() {
        install
 
   cp Parser/pgen $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
-}
 
-make_target() {
-  make  -j1 CC="$TARGET_CC" \
-        PYTHON_FOR_BUILD=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python \
-        HOSTPGEN=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/pgen \
-        BLDSHARED="$CC -shared" \
-        RUNSHARED="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
-        PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES="$PY_DISABLED_MODULES" \
-        PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE="$TARGET_INCDIR" \
-        PYTHON_MODULES_LIB="$TARGET_LIBDIR"
+# replace python-config to make sure python uses $SYSROOT_PREFIX
+  mkdir -p $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
+    rm -rf $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python*-config
+
+    sed -e "s:%PREFIX%:$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" -e "s:%CFLAGS%:$TARGET_CFLAGS:g" \
+      $PKG_DIR/scripts/python-config > $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python2.7-config
+    chmod +x $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python2.7-config
+    ln -s python2.7-config $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python-config
 }
 
 makeinstall_target() {
   make  -j1 CC="$TARGET_CC" \
         DESTDIR=$SYSROOT_PREFIX \
-        PYTHON_FOR_BUILD=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python \
+        HOSTPYTHON=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python \
         HOSTPGEN=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/pgen \
         BLDSHARED="$CC -shared" \
         RUNSHARED="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
         PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES="$PY_DISABLED_MODULES" \
+        CROSS_COMPILE="$TARGET_NAME" \
+        CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET="yes" \
         PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE="$TARGET_INCDIR" \
         PYTHON_MODULES_LIB="$TARGET_LIBDIR" \
         install
 
-  # python distutils per default adds -L$LIBDIR when linking binary extensions
+# python distutils per default adds -L$LIBDIR when linking binary extensions
   sed -e "s|^LIBDIR=.*|LIBDIR= $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib|" \
       -i $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/python*/config/Makefile
 
   make  -j1 CC="$TARGET_CC" \
         DESTDIR=$INSTALL \
-        PYTHON_FOR_BUILD=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python \
+        HOSTPYTHON=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python \
         HOSTPGEN=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/pgen \
         BLDSHARED="$CC -shared" \
         RUNSHARED="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" \
         PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES="$PY_DISABLED_MODULES" \
+        CROSS_COMPILE="$TARGET_NAME" \
+        CROSS_COMPILE_TARGET="yes" \
         PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE="$TARGET_INCDIR" \
         PYTHON_MODULES_LIB="$TARGET_LIBDIR" \
         install
@@ -138,7 +150,6 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/python*/config/makesetup
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/python*/config/python.o
 
-  # TODO remove ?
   if [ ! -f $INSTALL/usr/lib/python*/lib-dynload/_socket.so ]; then
     echo "sometimes Python dont build '_socket.so' for some reasons and continues without failing,"
     echo "let it fail here, to be sure '_socket.so' will be installed. A rebuild of Python fixes"
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-001_xcompile.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-001_xcompile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b443eeac5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-001_xcompile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/configure Python-2.7.3.patch/configure
+--- Python-2.7.3/configure	2012-04-10 01:07:36.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/configure	2012-04-16 14:27:58.161470960 +0200
+@@ -13697,7 +13697,7 @@
+   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+ else
+   if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+-  ac_cv_have_long_long_format=no
++  ac_cv_have_long_long_format="cross -- assuming yes"
+ else
+   cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+ /* end confdefs.h.  */
+@@ -13749,7 +13749,7 @@
+ $as_echo "$ac_cv_have_long_long_format" >&6; }
+ fi
+ 
+-if test "$ac_cv_have_long_long_format" = yes
++if test "$ac_cv_have_long_long_format" != no
+ then
+ 
+ $as_echo "#define PY_FORMAT_LONG_LONG \"ll\"" >>confdefs.h
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.3.patch/Makefile.pre.in
+--- Python-2.7.3/Makefile.pre.in	2012-04-10 01:07:33.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/Makefile.pre.in	2012-04-16 14:30:27.753099115 +0200
+@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@
+ 
+ PYTHON=		python$(EXE)
+ BUILDPYTHON=	python$(BUILDEXE)
++HOSTPYTHON=     ./$(BUILDPYTHON)
+ 
+ # The task to run while instrument when building the profile-opt target
+ PROFILE_TASK=	$(srcdir)/Tools/pybench/pybench.py -n 2 --with-gc --with-syscheck
+@@ -215,6 +216,8 @@
+ # Parser
+ PGEN=		Parser/pgen$(EXE)
+ 
++HOSTPGEN=   $(PGEN)
++
+ POBJS=		\
+ 		Parser/acceler.o \
+ 		Parser/grammar1.o \
+@@ -408,8 +411,8 @@
+ # Build the shared modules
+ sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
+ 	@case $$MAKEFLAGS in \
+-	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
+-	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
++	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
++	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+ 	esac
+ 
+ # Build static library
+@@ -543,7 +546,7 @@
+ $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C): Parser/pgen.stamp
+ Parser/pgen.stamp: $(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT)
+ 		-@$(INSTALL) -d Include
+-		$(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
++		$(HOSTPGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
+ 		-touch Parser/pgen.stamp
+ 
+ $(PGEN):	$(PGENOBJS)
+@@ -938,26 +941,26 @@
+ 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c \
+ 			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests ; \
+ 	fi
+-	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
++	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
++		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+ 		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
+ 		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
+ 		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
+-	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
++	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
++		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+ 		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
+ 		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
+ 		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
+ 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
++		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+ 		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
+ 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
+ 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
++		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+ 		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
+ 		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
+ 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		./$(BUILDPYTHON) -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()"
++		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()"
+ 
+ # Create the PLATDIR source directory, if one wasn't distributed..
+ $(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR):
+@@ -1062,7 +1065,9 @@
+ # Install the dynamically loadable modules
+ # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
+ sharedinstall: sharedmods
+-	$(RUNSHARED) ./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
++	CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' \
++	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
++		--skip-build \
+ 	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
+ 		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
+ 		--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/setup.py Python-2.7.3.patch/setup.py
+--- Python-2.7.3/setup.py	2012-04-10 01:07:36.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/setup.py	2012-04-16 14:27:58.164471010 +0200
+@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
+ # This global variable is used to hold the list of modules to be disabled.
+ disabled_module_list = []
+ 
++# _ctypes fails to cross-compile due to the libffi configure script.
++#if os.environ.has_key('PYTHONXCPREFIX'):
++#    disabled_module_list.append('_ctypes')
++
+ def add_dir_to_list(dirlist, dir):
+     """Add the directory 'dir' to the list 'dirlist' (at the front) if
+     1) 'dir' is not already in 'dirlist'
+@@ -278,6 +282,14 @@
+                           (ext.name, sys.exc_info()[1]))
+             self.failed.append(ext.name)
+             return
++
++        # Inport check will not work when cross-compiling.
++        if os.environ.has_key('PYTHONXCPREFIX'):
++            self.announce(
++                'WARNING: skipping inport check for cross-compiled: "%s"' %
++                ext.name)
++            return
++
+         # Workaround for Mac OS X: The Carbon-based modules cannot be
+         # reliably imported into a command-line Python
+         if 'Carbon' in ext.extra_link_args:
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-002_xcompile_path.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-002_xcompile_path-0.1.patch
similarity index 64%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-002_xcompile_path.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-002_xcompile_path-0.1.patch
index ec45bb80a4..dfcd9b621a 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-002_xcompile_path.patch
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-002_xcompile_path-0.1.patch
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index d6ef5be..7a0d8f2 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -439,13 +439,19 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/setup.py Python-2.7.2.patch/setup.py
+--- Python-2.7.2/setup.py	2011-10-25 14:07:59.520264628 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.2.patch/setup.py	2011-10-25 14:16:32.218793079 +0200
+@@ -380,10 +380,19 @@
              os.unlink(tmpfile)
  
      def detect_modules(self):
 -        # Ensure that /usr/local is always used
--        if not cross_compiling:
--            add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/local/lib')
--            add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
--        if cross_compiling:
--            self.add_gcc_paths()
+-        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.library_dirs, '/usr/local/lib')
+-        add_dir_to_list(self.compiler.include_dirs, '/usr/local/include')
 -        self.add_multiarch_paths()
 +        try:
 +            modules_include_dirs = os.environ["PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE"].split()
@@ -29,7 +25,7 @@ index d6ef5be..7a0d8f2 100644
  
          # Add paths specified in the environment variables LDFLAGS and
          # CPPFLAGS for header and library files.
-@@ -481,17 +487,6 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
+@@ -419,17 +428,6 @@
                      for directory in reversed(options.dirs):
                          add_dir_to_list(dir_list, directory)
  
@@ -47,3 +43,17 @@ index d6ef5be..7a0d8f2 100644
          try:
              have_unicode = unicode
          except NameError:
+@@ -438,11 +436,8 @@
+         # lib_dirs and inc_dirs are used to search for files;
+         # if a file is found in one of those directories, it can
+         # be assumed that no additional -I,-L directives are needed.
+-        lib_dirs = self.compiler.library_dirs + [
+-            '/lib64', '/usr/lib64',
+-            '/lib', '/usr/lib',
+-            ]
+-        inc_dirs = self.compiler.include_dirs + ['/usr/include']
++        lib_dirs = self.compiler.library_dirs
++        inc_dirs = self.compiler.include_dirs
+         exts = []
+         missing = []
+ 
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-003_xcompile_disable_modules_and_ssl-0.1.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-003_xcompile_disable_modules_and_ssl-0.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89df2beedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-003_xcompile_disable_modules_and_ssl-0.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+diff -Naur Python-2.6.6/setup.py Python-2.6.6.patch/setup.py
+--- Python-2.6.6/setup.py	2010-11-03 00:17:10.403608974 +0100
++++ Python-2.6.6.patch/setup.py	2010-11-03 00:23:31.624025348 +0100
+@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@
+ from distutils.spawn import find_executable
+ 
+ # This global variable is used to hold the list of modules to be disabled.
+-disabled_module_list = []
++try:
++	disabled_module_list = os.environ["PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES"].split()
++except KeyError:
++	disabled_module_list = []
++try:
++	disable_ssl = os.environ["PYTHON_DISABLE_SSL"]
++except KeyError:
++	disable_ssl = 0
+ 
+ def add_dir_to_list(dirlist, dir):
+     """Add the directory 'dir' to the list 'dirlist' (at the front) if
+@@ -361,6 +368,8 @@
+         return sys.platform
+ 
+     def detect_modules(self):
++        global disable_ssl
++
+         try:
+             modules_include_dirs = os.environ["PYTHON_MODULES_INCLUDE"].split()
+         except KeyError:
+@@ -714,7 +723,8 @@
+                                      ] )
+ 
+         if (ssl_incs is not None and
+-            ssl_libs is not None):
++            ssl_libs is not None and
++                     not disable_ssl):
+             exts.append( Extension('_ssl', ['_ssl.c'],
+                                    include_dirs = ssl_incs,
+                                    library_dirs = ssl_libs,
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure-0.1.patch
similarity index 67%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure-0.1.patch
index ff9f3fa03d..670cb900fa 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure.patch
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-004_xcompile_fix_libffi_configure-0.1.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 07af0b6..6426b22 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -2030,10 +2030,18 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
-                 if not self.verbose:
-                     config_args.append("-q")
- 
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/setup.py Python-2.7.2.patch/setup.py
+--- Python-2.7.2/setup.py	2011-10-26 01:53:16.014387508 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.2.patch/setup.py	2011-10-26 02:20:08.236706196 +0200
+@@ -1877,12 +1877,18 @@
+                                          ffi_configfile):
+                 from distutils.dir_util import mkpath
+                 mkpath(ffi_builddir)
+-                config_args = []
 +
 +                #NOTE: best solution is to add to configure script
 +                # as config subdirectory and to exclude darwin
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ index 07af0b6..6426b22 100644
 +                #FIXME: lets for now pass all top configure arguments
 +                #and do not modify configure script.
 +                config_args = sysconfig.get_config_var("CONFIG_ARGS")
-+
+ 
                  # Pass empty CFLAGS because we'll just append the resulting
                  # CFLAGS to Python's; -g or -O2 is to be avoided.
                  cmd = "cd %s && env CFLAGS='' '%s/configure' %s" \
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files-0.1.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files-0.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00b2fb1eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files-0.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.3.patch/Makefile.pre.in
+--- Python-2.7.3/Makefile.pre.in	2012-04-16 14:49:16.353716188 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/Makefile.pre.in	2012-04-16 14:50:03.740554039 +0200
+@@ -941,24 +941,6 @@
+ 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c \
+ 			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests ; \
+ 	fi
+-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+-		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
+-		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
+-		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
+-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+-		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
+-		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
+-		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
+-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+-		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
+-		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
+-	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+-		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
+-		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
+-		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
+ 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
+ 		$(HOSTPYTHON) -Wi -t -c "import lib2to3.pygram, lib2to3.patcomp;lib2to3.patcomp.PatternCompiler()"
+ 
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-008-reread-environment.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-008-reread-environment.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53482a7f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-008-reread-environment.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in
+--- Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in	2011-10-26 01:53:09.752305358 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in	2011-10-26 01:57:20.158587315 +0200
+@@ -410,8 +410,8 @@
+ # Build the shared modules
+ sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON)
+ 	@case $$MAKEFLAGS in \
+-	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
+-	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
++	*s*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' CONFIG_ARGS="$(CONFIG_ARGS)" $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py -q build;; \
++	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' CONFIG_ARGS="$(CONFIG_ARGS)" $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+ 	esac
+ 
+ # Build static library
+@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@
+ # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
+ sharedinstall: sharedmods
+ 	CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' \
+-	$(RUNSHARED) $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
++	$(RUNSHARED) CONFIG_ARGS="$(CONFIG_ARGS)" $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
+ 		--skip-build \
+ 	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
+ 		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/setup.py Python-2.7.2.patch/setup.py
+--- Python-2.7.2/setup.py	2011-10-26 01:53:16.014387508 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.2.patch/setup.py	2011-10-26 01:53:46.158782904 +0200
+@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
+ # Were we compiled --with-pydebug or with #define Py_DEBUG?
+ COMPILED_WITH_PYDEBUG = hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount')
+ 
++sysconfig.get_config_vars()
++sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS.update(os.environ)
++
+ # This global variable is used to hold the list of modules to be disabled.
+ try:
+ 	disabled_module_list = os.environ["PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES"].split()
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/setup.py.orig Python-2.7.2.patch/setup.py.orig
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-009-distutils-rpath.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-009-distutils-rpath.patch
similarity index 69%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-009-distutils-rpath.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-009-distutils-rpath.patch
index 2da6af4f07..f1565076c5 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-009-distutils-rpath.patch
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-009-distutils-rpath.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-diff --git a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-index 2aa1cb1..529e2d4 100644
---- a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-+++ b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
-@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
+diff -up Python-2.6.4/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py.distutils-rpath Python-2.6.4/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
+--- Python-2.6.4/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py.distutils-rpath	2009-09-09 04:34:06.000000000 -0400
++++ Python-2.6.4/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	2010-03-15 21:33:25.000000000 -0400
+@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
      if sys.platform == "cygwin":
          exe_extension = ".exe"
  
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-010-change-pyconfig-h-location.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-010-change-pyconfig-h-location.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-010-change-pyconfig-h-location.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-010-change-pyconfig-h-location.patch
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-015_no_static_lib.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-015_no_static_lib.patch
similarity index 74%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-015_no_static_lib.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-015_no_static_lib.patch
index 2a381d54f5..30fa25be21 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-015_no_static_lib.patch
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-015_no_static_lib.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
-index 918f210..eb9ee6b 100644
---- a/Makefile.pre.in
-+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
-@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ coverage:
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in
+--- Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in	2011-10-25 16:20:40.178698198 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in	2011-10-25 16:22:33.429160448 +0200
+@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
  
  
  # Build the interpreter
@@ -11,9 +10,9 @@ index 918f210..eb9ee6b 100644
  		$(LINKCC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) -o $@ \
  			Modules/python.o \
  			$(BLDLIBRARY) $(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST)
-@@ -465,18 +465,6 @@ sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON) pybuilddir.txt
- 		_TCLTK_INCLUDES='$(TCLTK_INCLUDES)' _TCLTK_LIBS='$(TCLTK_LIBS)' \
- 		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) $(srcdir)/setup.py $$quiet build
+@@ -414,18 +414,6 @@
+ 	*) $(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' $(HOSTPYTHON) -E $(srcdir)/setup.py build;; \
+ 	esac
  
 -# Build static library
 -# avoid long command lines, same as LIBRARY_OBJS
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ index 918f210..eb9ee6b 100644
  libpython$(VERSION).so: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
  	if test $(INSTSONAME) != $(LDLIBRARY); then \
  		$(BLDSHARED) -Wl,-h$(INSTSONAME) -o $(INSTSONAME) $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODLIBS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
-@@ -1090,18 +1078,6 @@ libainstall:	all python-config
+@@ -997,18 +985,6 @@
  		else	true; \
  		fi; \
  	done
@@ -49,3 +48,4 @@ index 918f210..eb9ee6b 100644
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) Modules/config.c $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/config.c
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) Modules/python.o $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/python.o
  	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/config.c.in $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/config.c.in
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in.orig Python-2.7.2.patch/Makefile.pre.in.orig
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-016-default-is-optimized.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-016-default-is-optimized.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5131e0ba69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-016-default-is-optimized.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# When compiling for an embedded system, we need every bit of
+# performance we can get. default to optimized with the option
+# of opt-out.
+# Signed-Off: Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@vanille-media.de>
+
+Index: Python-2.6.1/Python/compile.c
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.6.1.orig/Python/compile.c
++++ Python-2.6.1/Python/compile.c
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ #include "symtable.h"
+ #include "opcode.h"
+ 
+-int Py_OptimizeFlag = 0;
++int Py_OptimizeFlag = 1;
+ 
+ #define DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE 16
+ #define DEFAULT_BLOCKS 8
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-020-use_our_opts.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-020-use_our_opts.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e69e83841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.3-020-use_our_opts.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/configure Python-2.7.3.patch/configure
+--- Python-2.7.3/configure	2012-04-10 01:07:36.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/configure	2012-07-28 04:48:41.720322418 +0200
+@@ -5425,11 +5425,11 @@
+ 		# debug builds.
+ 		OPT="-g -O0 -Wall $STRICT_PROTO"
+ 	    else
+-		OPT="-g $WRAP -O3 -Wall $STRICT_PROTO"
++		OPT="-g $WRAP $STRICT_PROTO"
+ 	    fi
+ 	    ;;
+ 	*)
+-	    OPT="-O3 -Wall $STRICT_PROTO"
++	    OPT="$STRICT_PROTO"
+ 	    ;;
+ 	esac
+ 	case $ac_sys_system in
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/configure.in Python-2.7.3.patch/configure.in
+--- Python-2.7.3/configure.in	2012-04-10 01:07:36.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/configure.in	2012-07-28 04:48:22.987067842 +0200
+@@ -946,11 +946,11 @@
+ 		# debug builds.
+ 		OPT="-g -O0 -Wall $STRICT_PROTO"
+ 	    else
+-		OPT="-g $WRAP -O3 -Wall $STRICT_PROTO"
++		OPT="-g $WRAP $STRICT_PROTO"
+ 	    fi
+ 	    ;;
+ 	*)
+-	    OPT="-O3 -Wall $STRICT_PROTO"
++	    OPT="$STRICT_PROTO"
+ 	    ;;
+ 	esac
+ 	case $ac_sys_system in
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-001_xcompile.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-001_xcompile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d9b11d3c6a..0000000000
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-001_xcompile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
-index bcd83bf..5e54a0d 100644
---- a/Makefile.pre.in
-+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
-@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ UNICODE_OBJS=   @UNICODE_OBJS@
- 
- PYTHON=		python$(EXE)
- BUILDPYTHON=	python$(BUILDEXE)
-+HOSTPYTHON=	./$(BUILDPYTHON)
- 
- PYTHON_FOR_BUILD=@PYTHON_FOR_BUILD@
- _PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM=@_PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM@
-@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ LIBFFI_INCLUDEDIR=	@LIBFFI_INCLUDEDIR@
- ##########################################################################
- # Parser
- PGEN=		Parser/pgen$(EXE)
-+HOSTPGEN=	$(PGEN)
- 
- PSRCS=		\
- 		Parser/acceler.c \
-@@ -461,6 +463,7 @@ sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON) pybuilddir.txt
- 	esac; \
- 	$(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' \
- 		_TCLTK_INCLUDES='$(TCLTK_INCLUDES)' _TCLTK_LIBS='$(TCLTK_LIBS)' \
-+		PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' \
- 		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) $(srcdir)/setup.py $$quiet build
- 
- # Build static library
-@@ -598,7 +601,7 @@ Modules/pwdmodule.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/pwdmodule.c $(srcdir)/Modules/posixmodule
- $(GRAMMAR_H): $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(PGENSRCS)
- 		@$(MKDIR_P) Include
- 		$(MAKE) $(PGEN)
--		$(PGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
-+		$(HOSTPGEN) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_C)
- $(GRAMMAR_C): $(GRAMMAR_H) $(GRAMMAR_INPUT) $(PGENSRCS)
- 		$(MAKE) $(GRAMMAR_H)
- 		touch $(GRAMMAR_C)
-@@ -1142,7 +1145,9 @@ libainstall:	all python-config
- # Install the dynamically loadable modules
- # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
- sharedinstall: sharedmods
-+	CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' \
- 	$(RUNSHARED) $(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
-+		--skip-build \
- 	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
- 		--install-scripts=$(BINDIR) \
- 		--install-platlib=$(DESTSHARED) \
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index a46bf35..528e9df 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -292,6 +292,14 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
-                           (ext.name, sys.exc_info()[1]))
-             self.failed.append(ext.name)
-             return
-+
-+        # Inport check will not work when cross-compiling.
-+        if os.environ.has_key('PYTHONXCPREFIX'):
-+            self.announce(
-+                'WARNING: skipping inport check for cross-compiled: "%s"' %
-+                ext.name)
-+            return
-+
-         # Workaround for Mac OS X: The Carbon-based modules cannot be
-         # reliably imported into a command-line Python
-         if 'Carbon' in ext.extra_link_args:
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-003_xcompile_disable_modules.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-003_xcompile_disable_modules.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 72ebaf3d85..0000000000
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-003_xcompile_disable_modules.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index a46bf35..d6ef5be 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ host_platform = get_platform()
- COMPILED_WITH_PYDEBUG = ('--with-pydebug' in sysconfig.get_config_var("CONFIG_ARGS"))
- 
- # This global variable is used to hold the list of modules to be disabled.
--disabled_module_list = []
-+try:
-+    disabled_module_list = os.environ["PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES"].split()
-+except KeyError:
-+    disabled_module_list = []
- 
- def add_dir_to_list(dirlist, dir):
-     """Add the directory 'dir' to the list 'dirlist' (at the front) if
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 862e3dfd47..0000000000
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-005_dont_generate_pyo_and_pyc_files.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
-index 918f210..c82366c 100644
---- a/Makefile.pre.in
-+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
-@@ -1011,24 +1011,6 @@ libinstall:	build_all $(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c
- 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c \
- 			$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/distutils/tests ; \
- 	fi
--	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -tt $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
--		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
--		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
--		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
--	PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -tt -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
--		-d $(LIBDEST) -f \
--		-x 'bad_coding|badsyntax|site-packages|lib2to3/tests/data' \
--		$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)
--	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)  $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -t $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
--		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
--		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
--	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
--		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -Wi -t -O $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/compileall.py \
--		-d $(LIBDEST)/site-packages -f \
--		-x badsyntax $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/site-packages
- 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
- 		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) -m lib2to3.pgen2.driver $(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST)/lib2to3/Grammar.txt
- 	-PYTHONPATH=$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDEST) $(RUNSHARED) \
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-008-reread-environment.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-008-reread-environment.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0de2346b9a..0000000000
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-008-reread-environment.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
-index bf3aed7..7ff5c79 100644
---- a/Makefile.pre.in
-+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
-@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ sharedmods: $(BUILDPYTHON) pybuilddir.txt
- 	$(RUNSHARED) CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' \
- 		_TCLTK_INCLUDES='$(TCLTK_INCLUDES)' _TCLTK_LIBS='$(TCLTK_LIBS)' \
- 		PYTHONXCPREFIX='$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)' \
-+		CONFIG_ARGS="$(CONFIG_ARGS)" \
- 		$(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) $(srcdir)/setup.py $$quiet build
- 
- libpython$(VERSION).so: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
-@@ -1104,6 +1105,7 @@ libainstall:	all python-config
- # This goes into $(exec_prefix)
- sharedinstall: sharedmods
- 	CC='$(CC)' LDSHARED='$(BLDSHARED)' OPT='$(OPT)' \
-+	CONFIG_ARGS="$(CONFIG_ARGS)" \
- 	$(RUNSHARED) $(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) $(srcdir)/setup.py install \
- 		--skip-build \
- 	   	--prefix=$(prefix) \
-diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
-index 6426b22..d2776dd 100644
---- a/setup.py
-+++ b/setup.py
-@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ host_platform = get_platform()
- # Were we compiled --with-pydebug or with #define Py_DEBUG?
- COMPILED_WITH_PYDEBUG = ('--with-pydebug' in sysconfig.get_config_var("CONFIG_ARGS"))
- 
-+sysconfig.get_config_vars()
-+sysconfig._CONFIG_VARS.update(os.environ)
-+
- # This global variable is used to hold the list of modules to be disabled.
- try:
-     disabled_module_list = os.environ["PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES"].split()
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-016-default-is-optimized.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-016-default-is-optimized.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c15125c03e..0000000000
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-016-default-is-optimized.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
-index 1cf53f9..25665b5 100644
---- a/Python/compile.c
-+++ b/Python/compile.c
-@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
- #include "symtable.h"
- #include "opcode.h"
- 
--int Py_OptimizeFlag = 0;
-+int Py_OptimizeFlag = 1;
- 
- #define DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE 16
- #define DEFAULT_BLOCKS 8
diff --git a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-020-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch
similarity index 68%
rename from packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-020-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch
rename to packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch
index 50f8f85e46..93c7dc8f86 100644
--- a/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-2.7.8-020-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch
+++ b/packages/lang/Python/patches/Python-remove_RAND-egd-support.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
-index aac04f6..02aa293 100644
---- a/Lib/socket.py
-+++ b/Lib/socket.py
-@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ else:
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/Lib/socket.py Python-2.7.3.patch/Lib/socket.py
+--- Python-2.7.3/Lib/socket.py	2012-04-10 01:07:31.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/Lib/socket.py	2014-07-18 04:33:44.132850756 +0200
+@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
      from _ssl import SSLError as sslerror
      from _ssl import \
           RAND_add, \
@@ -10,11 +9,10 @@ index aac04f6..02aa293 100644
           RAND_status, \
           SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN, \
           SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ, \
-diff --git a/Lib/ssl.py b/Lib/ssl.py
-index 666cea3..64e196a 100644
---- a/Lib/ssl.py
-+++ b/Lib/ssl.py
-@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ import _ssl             # if we can't import it, let the error propagate
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/Lib/ssl.py Python-2.7.3.patch/Lib/ssl.py
+--- Python-2.7.3/Lib/ssl.py	2012-04-10 01:07:31.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/Lib/ssl.py	2014-07-18 05:06:34.938100455 +0200
+@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
  from _ssl import OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER, OPENSSL_VERSION_INFO, OPENSSL_VERSION
  from _ssl import SSLError
  from _ssl import CERT_NONE, CERT_OPTIONAL, CERT_REQUIRED
@@ -23,11 +21,10 @@ index 666cea3..64e196a 100644
  from _ssl import \
       SSL_ERROR_ZERO_RETURN, \
       SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ, \
-diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c
-index 752b033..9541df7 100644
---- a/Modules/_ssl.c
-+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c
-@@ -1601,32 +1601,6 @@ Returns 1 if the OpenSSL PRNG has been seeded with enough data and 0 if not.\n\
+diff -Naur Python-2.7.3/Modules/_ssl.c Python-2.7.3.patch/Modules/_ssl.c
+--- Python-2.7.3/Modules/_ssl.c	2012-04-10 01:07:33.000000000 +0200
++++ Python-2.7.3.patch/Modules/_ssl.c	2014-07-18 04:37:28.324453450 +0200
+@@ -1531,32 +1531,6 @@
  It is necessary to seed the PRNG with RAND_add() on some platforms before\n\
  using the ssl() function.");
  
@@ -55,12 +52,12 @@ index 752b033..9541df7 100644
 -\n\
 -Queries the entropy gather daemon (EGD) on the socket named by 'path'.\n\
 -Returns number of bytes read.  Raises SSLError if connection to EGD\n\
--fails or if it does not provide enough data to seed PRNG.");
+-fails or if it does provide enough data to seed PRNG.");
 -
- #endif /* HAVE_OPENSSL_RAND */
+ #endif
  
- 
-@@ -1640,8 +1614,6 @@ static PyMethodDef PySSL_methods[] = {
+ /* List of functions exported by this module. */
+@@ -1569,8 +1543,6 @@
  #ifdef HAVE_OPENSSL_RAND
      {"RAND_add",            PySSL_RAND_add, METH_VARARGS,
       PySSL_RAND_add_doc},