diff --git a/dev-lang/python/patches/python-2.6.8.patch b/dev-lang/python/patches/python-2.6.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a2e064a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/python/patches/python-2.6.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,568 @@
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/Lib/plat-haiku1/IN.py Python-2.6.8-haiku/Lib/plat-haiku1/IN.py
+--- Python-2.6.8/Lib/plat-haiku1/IN.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Lib/plat-haiku1/IN.py	2010-08-30 04:52:27.223346688 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
++# Generated by h2py from /boot/develop/headers/be/net/netinet/in.h
++
++# Included from socket.h
++
++# Included from BeBuild.h
++B_BEOS_VERSION_4 = 0x0400
++B_BEOS_VERSION_4_5 = 0x0450
++B_BEOS_VERSION_5 = 0x0500
++B_BEOS_VERSION = B_BEOS_VERSION_5
++B_BEOS_VERSION_MAUI = B_BEOS_VERSION_5
++_PR2_COMPATIBLE_ = 1
++_PR3_COMPATIBLE_ = 1
++_R4_COMPATIBLE_ = 1
++_R4_5_COMPATIBLE_ = 1
++_PR2_COMPATIBLE_ = 0
++_PR3_COMPATIBLE_ = 0
++_R4_COMPATIBLE_ = 1
++_R4_5_COMPATIBLE_ = 1
++def _UNUSED(x): return x
++
++
++# Included from sys/types.h
++
++# Included from time.h
++
++# Included from be_setup.h
++def __std(ref): return ref
++
++__be_os = 2
++__dest_os = __be_os
++__MSL__ = 0x4011
++__GLIBC__ = -2
++__GLIBC_MINOR__ = 1
++
++# Included from null.h
++NULL = (0)
++NULL = 0L
++
++# Included from size_t.h
++
++# Included from stddef.h
++
++# Included from wchar_t.h
++CLOCKS_PER_SEC = 1000
++CLK_TCK = CLOCKS_PER_SEC
++MAX_TIMESTR = 70
++
++# Included from sys/time.h
++
++# Included from ByteOrder.h
++
++# Included from endian.h
++__LITTLE_ENDIAN = 1234
++LITTLE_ENDIAN = __LITTLE_ENDIAN
++__BYTE_ORDER = __LITTLE_ENDIAN
++BYTE_ORDER = __BYTE_ORDER
++__BIG_ENDIAN = 0
++BIG_ENDIAN = 0
++__BIG_ENDIAN = 4321
++BIG_ENDIAN = __BIG_ENDIAN
++__BYTE_ORDER = __BIG_ENDIAN
++BYTE_ORDER = __BYTE_ORDER
++__LITTLE_ENDIAN = 0
++LITTLE_ENDIAN = 0
++__PDP_ENDIAN = 3412
++PDP_ENDIAN = __PDP_ENDIAN
++
++# Included from SupportDefs.h
++
++# Included from Errors.h
++
++# Included from limits.h
++
++# Included from float.h
++FLT_ROUNDS = 1
++FLT_RADIX = 2
++FLT_MANT_DIG = 24
++FLT_DIG = 6
++FLT_MIN_EXP = (-125)
++FLT_MIN_10_EXP = (-37)
++FLT_MAX_EXP = 128
++FLT_MAX_10_EXP = 38
++DBL_MANT_DIG = 53
++DBL_DIG = 15
++DBL_MIN_EXP = (-1021)
++DBL_MIN_10_EXP = (-308)
++DBL_MAX_EXP = 1024
++DBL_MAX_10_EXP = 308
++LDBL_MANT_DIG = DBL_MANT_DIG
++LDBL_DIG = DBL_DIG
++LDBL_MIN_EXP = DBL_MIN_EXP
++LDBL_MIN_10_EXP = DBL_MIN_10_EXP
++LDBL_MAX_EXP = DBL_MAX_EXP
++LDBL_MAX_10_EXP = DBL_MAX_10_EXP
++CHAR_BIT = (8)
++SCHAR_MIN = (-127-1)
++SCHAR_MAX = (127)
++CHAR_MIN = SCHAR_MIN
++CHAR_MAX = SCHAR_MAX
++MB_LEN_MAX = (1)
++SHRT_MIN = (-32767-1)
++SHRT_MAX = (32767)
++LONG_MIN = (-2147483647L-1)
++LONG_MAX = (2147483647L)
++INT_MIN = LONG_MIN
++INT_MAX = LONG_MAX
++ARG_MAX = (32768)
++ATEXIT_MAX = (32)
++CHILD_MAX = (1024)
++IOV_MAX = (256)
++FILESIZEBITS = (64)
++LINK_MAX = (1)
++LOGIN_NAME_MAX = (32)
++MAX_CANON = (255)
++MAX_INPUT = (255)
++NAME_MAX = (256)
++NGROUPS_MAX = (32)
++OPEN_MAX = (128)
++PATH_MAX = (1024)
++PIPE_MAX = (512)
++SSIZE_MAX = (2147483647L)
++TTY_NAME_MAX = (256)
++TZNAME_MAX = (32)
++SYMLINKS_MAX = (16)
++_POSIX_ARG_MAX = (32768)
++_POSIX_CHILD_MAX = (1024)
++_POSIX_LINK_MAX = (1)
++_POSIX_LOGIN_NAME_MAX = (9)
++_POSIX_MAX_CANON = (255)
++_POSIX_MAX_INPUT = (255)
++_POSIX_NAME_MAX = (255)
++_POSIX_NGROUPS_MAX = (0)
++_POSIX_OPEN_MAX = (128)
++_POSIX_PATH_MAX = (1024)
++_POSIX_PIPE_BUF = (512)
++_POSIX_SSIZE_MAX = (2147483647L)
++_POSIX_STREAM_MAX = (8)
++_POSIX_TTY_NAME_MAX = (256)
++_POSIX_TZNAME_MAX = (3)
++B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE = LONG_MIN
++B_OS_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0x1000
++B_APP_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0x2000
++B_INTERFACE_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0x3000
++B_MEDIA_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0x4000
++B_TRANSLATION_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0x4800
++B_MIDI_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0x5000
++B_STORAGE_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0x6000
++B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0x7000
++B_MAIL_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0x8000
++B_PRINT_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0x9000
++B_DEVICE_ERROR_BASE = B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0xa000
++B_ERRORS_END = (B_GENERAL_ERROR_BASE + 0xffff)
++E2BIG = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 1)
++ECHILD = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 2)
++EDEADLK = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 3)
++EFBIG = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 4)
++EMLINK = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 5)
++ENFILE = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 6)
++ENODEV = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 7)
++ENOLCK = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 8)
++ENOSYS = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 9)
++ENOTTY = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 10)
++ENXIO = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 11)
++ESPIPE = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 12)
++ESRCH = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 13)
++EFPOS = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 14)
++ESIGPARM = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 15)
++EDOM = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 16)
++ERANGE = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 17)
++EPROTOTYPE = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 18)
++EPROTONOSUPPORT = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 19)
++EPFNOSUPPORT = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 20)
++EAFNOSUPPORT = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 21)
++EADDRINUSE = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 22)
++EADDRNOTAVAIL = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 23)
++ENETDOWN = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 24)
++ENETUNREACH = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 25)
++ENETRESET = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 26)
++ECONNABORTED = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 27)
++ECONNRESET = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 28)
++EISCONN = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 29)
++ENOTCONN = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 30)
++ESHUTDOWN = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 31)
++ECONNREFUSED = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 32)
++EHOSTUNREACH = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 33)
++ENOPROTOOPT = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 34)
++ENOBUFS = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 35)
++EINPROGRESS = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 36)
++EALREADY = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 37)
++EILSEQ = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 38)
++ENOMSG = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 39)
++ESTALE = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 40)
++EOVERFLOW = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 41)
++EMSGSIZE = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 42)
++EOPNOTSUPP = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 43)
++ENOTSOCK = (B_POSIX_ERROR_BASE + 44)
++false = 0
++true = 1
++NULL = (0)
++FALSE = 0
++TRUE = 1
++
++# Included from TypeConstants.h
++B_HOST_IS_LENDIAN = 1
++B_HOST_IS_BENDIAN = 0
++def B_HOST_TO_LENDIAN_DOUBLE(arg): return (double)(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_LENDIAN_FLOAT(arg): return (float)(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_LENDIAN_INT64(arg): return (uint64)(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_LENDIAN_INT32(arg): return (uint32)(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_LENDIAN_INT16(arg): return (uint16)(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_DOUBLE(arg): return __swap_double(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_FLOAT(arg): return __swap_float(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_INT64(arg): return __swap_int64(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_INT32(arg): return __swap_int32(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_INT16(arg): return __swap_int16(arg)
++
++def B_LENDIAN_TO_HOST_DOUBLE(arg): return (double)(arg)
++
++def B_LENDIAN_TO_HOST_FLOAT(arg): return (float)(arg)
++
++def B_LENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT64(arg): return (uint64)(arg)
++
++def B_LENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT32(arg): return (uint32)(arg)
++
++def B_LENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(arg): return (uint16)(arg)
++
++def B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_DOUBLE(arg): return __swap_double(arg)
++
++def B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_FLOAT(arg): return __swap_float(arg)
++
++def B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT64(arg): return __swap_int64(arg)
++
++def B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT32(arg): return __swap_int32(arg)
++
++def B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(arg): return __swap_int16(arg)
++
++B_HOST_IS_LENDIAN = 0
++B_HOST_IS_BENDIAN = 1
++def B_HOST_TO_LENDIAN_DOUBLE(arg): return __swap_double(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_LENDIAN_FLOAT(arg): return __swap_float(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_LENDIAN_INT64(arg): return __swap_int64(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_LENDIAN_INT32(arg): return __swap_int32(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_LENDIAN_INT16(arg): return __swap_int16(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_DOUBLE(arg): return (double)(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_FLOAT(arg): return (float)(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_INT64(arg): return (uint64)(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_INT32(arg): return (uint32)(arg)
++
++def B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_INT16(arg): return (uint16)(arg)
++
++def B_LENDIAN_TO_HOST_DOUBLE(arg): return __swap_double(arg)
++
++def B_LENDIAN_TO_HOST_FLOAT(arg): return __swap_float(arg)
++
++def B_LENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT64(arg): return __swap_int64(arg)
++
++def B_LENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT32(arg): return __swap_int32(arg)
++
++def B_LENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(arg): return __swap_int16(arg)
++
++def B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_DOUBLE(arg): return (double)(arg)
++
++def B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_FLOAT(arg): return (float)(arg)
++
++def B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT64(arg): return (uint64)(arg)
++
++def B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT32(arg): return (uint32)(arg)
++
++def B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(arg): return (uint16)(arg)
++
++def B_SWAP_DOUBLE(arg): return __swap_double(arg)
++
++def B_SWAP_FLOAT(arg): return __swap_float(arg)
++
++def B_SWAP_INT64(arg): return __swap_int64(arg)
++
++def B_SWAP_INT32(arg): return __swap_int32(arg)
++
++def B_SWAP_INT16(arg): return __swap_int16(arg)
++
++def htonl(x): return B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_INT32(x)
++
++def ntohl(x): return B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT32(x)
++
++def htons(x): return B_HOST_TO_BENDIAN_INT16(x)
++
++def ntohs(x): return B_BENDIAN_TO_HOST_INT16(x)
++
++AF_INET = 1
++INADDR_ANY = 0x00000000
++INADDR_BROADCAST = 0xffffffff
++INADDR_LOOPBACK = 0x7f000001
++SOL_SOCKET = 1
++SO_DEBUG = 1
++SO_REUSEADDR = 2
++SO_NONBLOCK = 3
++SO_REUSEPORT = 4
++MSG_OOB = 0x1
++SOCK_DGRAM = 1
++SOCK_STREAM = 2
++IPPROTO_UDP = 1
++IPPROTO_TCP = 2
++IPPROTO_ICMP = 3
++B_UDP_MAX_SIZE = (65536 - 1024)
++FD_SETSIZE = 256
++FDSETSIZE = FD_SETSIZE
++NFDBITS = 32
++def _FDMSKNO(fd): return ((fd) / NFDBITS)
++
++def _FDBITNO(fd): return ((fd) % NFDBITS)
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/Lib/plat-haiku1/regen Python-2.6.8-haiku/Lib/plat-haiku1/regen
+--- Python-2.6.8/Lib/plat-haiku1/regen	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Lib/plat-haiku1/regen	2010-08-30 04:52:27.237502464 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
++#! /bin/sh
++
++H2PY=../../Tools/scripts/h2py.py
++HEADERS=/boot/develop/headers
++
++set -v
++python $H2PY -i '(u_long)' $HEADERS/posix/netinet/in.h
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/Modules/resource.c Python-2.6.8-haiku/Modules/resource.c
+--- Python-2.6.8/Modules/resource.c	2010-05-09 15:15:40.053739520 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Modules/resource.c	2010-08-30 04:52:24.666370048 +0000
+@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
+                     PyFloat_FromDouble(doubletime(ru.ru_utime)));
+     PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 1,
+                     PyFloat_FromDouble(doubletime(ru.ru_stime)));
++#ifndef __HAIKU__
+     PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 2, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_maxrss));
+     PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 3, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_ixrss));
+     PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 4, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_idrss));
+@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@
+     PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 13, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_nsignals));
+     PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 14, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_nvcsw));
+     PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 15, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_nivcsw));
+-
++#endif
+     if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+         Py_DECREF(result);
+         return NULL;
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/Modules/socketmodule.c Python-2.6.8-haiku/Modules/socketmodule.c
+--- Python-2.6.8/Modules/socketmodule.c	2010-05-23 15:22:08.054525952 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Modules/socketmodule.c	2010-08-30 04:53:35.429916160 +0000
+@@ -4661,7 +4661,9 @@
+ #ifndef __BEOS__
+ /* We have incomplete socket support. */
+     PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "SOCK_RAW", SOCK_RAW);
+-    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "SOCK_SEQPACKET", SOCK_SEQPACKET);
++#ifndef __HAIKU__
++  	PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "SOCK_SEQPACKET", SOCK_SEQPACKET);
++#endif
+ #if defined(SOCK_RDM)
+     PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "SOCK_RDM", SOCK_RDM);
+ #endif
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/Modules/socketmodule.h Python-2.6.8-haiku/Modules/socketmodule.h
+--- Python-2.6.8/Modules/socketmodule.h	2010-05-09 15:15:40.053739520 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Modules/socketmodule.h	2010-08-30 04:52:24.667942912 +0000
+@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
+ #  undef AF_NETLINK
+ #endif
+ 
++#if defined(__HAIKU__)
++#undef HAVE_BLUETOOTH_BLUETOOTH_H
++#endif
++
+ #ifdef HAVE_BLUETOOTH_BLUETOOTH_H
+ #include <bluetooth/bluetooth.h>
+ #include <bluetooth/rfcomm.h>
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/Modules/spwdmodule.c Python-2.6.8-haiku/Modules/spwdmodule.c
+--- Python-2.6.8/Modules/spwdmodule.c	2010-05-09 15:15:40.030408704 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Modules/spwdmodule.c	2010-08-30 04:52:24.709623808 +0000
+@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@
+ 
+     SETS(setIndex++, p->sp_namp);
+     SETS(setIndex++, p->sp_pwdp);
++#ifndef __HAIKU__
+     SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_lstchg);
++#endif
+     SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_min);
+     SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_max);
+     SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_warn);
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/Modules/timemodule.c Python-2.6.8-haiku/Modules/timemodule.c
+--- Python-2.6.8/Modules/timemodule.c	2010-05-09 15:15:40.015204352 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Modules/timemodule.c	2010-08-30 04:52:24.721944576 +0000
+@@ -972,11 +972,11 @@
+         return -1;
+     }
+     Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+-#elif defined(__BEOS__)
++#elif defined(__BEOS__) || defined(__HAIKU__)
+     /* This sleep *CAN BE* interrupted. */
+     {
+         if( secs <= 0.0 ) {
+-            return;
++            return 0;
+         }
+ 
+         Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/Parser/asdl_c.py Python-2.6.8-haiku/Parser/asdl_c.py
+--- Python-2.6.8/Parser/asdl_c.py	2009-12-13 00:59:01.059768832 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Parser/asdl_c.py	2010-08-30 04:52:27.169607168 +0000
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#! /usr/bin/env python
++#! /bin/env python
+ """Generate C code from an ASDL description."""
+ 
+ # TO DO
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/Python/bltinmodule.c Python-2.6.8-haiku/Python/bltinmodule.c
+--- Python-2.6.8/Python/bltinmodule.c	2010-05-09 15:15:40.065011712 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Python/bltinmodule.c	2010-08-30 04:52:27.186646528 +0000
+@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
+ */
+ #if defined(MS_WINDOWS) && defined(HAVE_USABLE_WCHAR_T)
+ const char *Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding = "mbcs";
+-#elif defined(__APPLE__)
++#elif defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__HAIKU__)
+ const char *Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding = "utf-8";
+ #else
+ const char *Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding = NULL; /* use default */
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/Tools/scripts/h2py.py Python-2.6.8-haiku/Tools/scripts/h2py.py
+--- Python-2.6.8/Tools/scripts/h2py.py	2004-08-09 17:27:55.066584576 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Tools/scripts/h2py.py	2010-08-30 04:52:27.188219392 +0000
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#! /usr/bin/env python
++#! /bin/env python
+ 
+ # Read #define's and translate to Python code.
+ # Handle #include statements.
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
+         searchdirs=os.environ['INCLUDE'].split(';')
+     except KeyError:
+         try:
+-            if  sys.platform.find("beos") == 0:
++            if  sys.platform.find("beos") == 0 or sys.platform.find("haiku1") == 0:
+                 searchdirs=os.environ['BEINCLUDES'].split(';')
+             elif sys.platform.startswith("atheos"):
+                 searchdirs=os.environ['C_INCLUDE_PATH'].split(':')
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/configure.in Python-2.6.8-haiku/configure.in
+--- Python-2.6.8/configure.in	2010-05-25 02:27:03.064225280 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/configure.in	2010-08-30 04:52:27.207880192 +0000
+@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@
+ 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+ 	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
+           ;;
+-    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*)
++    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*|Haiku*)
+ 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
+ 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
+ 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@
+ AC_SUBST(LN)
+ if test -z "$LN" ; then
+ 	case $ac_sys_system in
+-		BeOS*) LN="ln -s";;
++		BeOS*|Haiku*) LN="ln -s";;
+ 		CYGWIN*) LN="ln -s";;
+ 		atheos*) LN="ln -s";;
+ 		*) LN=ln;;
+@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@
+ 			fi
+ 		fi
+ 		;;
+-	Linux*|GNU*|QNX*) LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared';;
++	Linux*|GNU*|QNX*|Haiku*) LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared';;
+ 	BSD/OS*/4*) LDSHARED="gcc -shared";;
+ 	FreeBSD*)
+ 		if [[ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]]
+@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@
+ 		 then CCSHARED="-fPIC";
+ 		 else CCSHARED="+z";
+ 		 fi;;
+-	Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
++	Linux*|GNU*|Haiku*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
+ 	BSD/OS*/4*) CCSHARED="-fpic";;
+ 	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
+ 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
+@@ -1916,7 +1916,7 @@
+ 	    LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-E -Wl,+s";;
+ #	    LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-E -Wl,+s -Wl,+b\$(BINLIBDEST)/lib-dynload";;
+ 	BSD/OS/4*) LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker -export-dynamic";;
+-	Linux*|GNU*) LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker -export-dynamic";;
++	Linux*|GNU*|Haiku*) LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker -export-dynamic";;
+ 	# -u libsys_s pulls in all symbols in libsys
+ 	Darwin/*) 
+ 		# -u _PyMac_Error is needed to pull in the mac toolbox glue,
+@@ -2035,6 +2035,9 @@
+ BeOS*)
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(net, socket, [LIBS="-lnet $LIBS"], [], $LIBS) # BeOS
+ ;;
++Haiku*)
++AC_CHECK_LIB(network, socket, [LIBS="-lnetwork $LIBS"], [], $LIBS) # Haiku
++;;
+ esac
+ 
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-libs)
+@@ -3265,7 +3268,7 @@
+ AC_SUBST(LIBM)
+ case $ac_sys_system in
+ Darwin) ;;
+-BeOS) ;;
++BeOS|Haiku) ;;
+ *) LIBM=-lm
+ esac
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-libm=STRING)
+diff -urN Python-2.6.8/setup.py Python-2.6.8-haiku/setup.py
+--- Python-2.6.8/setup.py	2010-07-17 12:31:09.057147392 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/setup.py	2010-08-30 04:52:27.220463104 +0000
+@@ -428,6 +428,10 @@
+             inc_dirs += ['/system/include', '/atheos/autolnk/include']
+             inc_dirs += os.getenv('C_INCLUDE_PATH', '').split(os.pathsep)
+ 
++        if platform == 'haiku1':
++            inc_dirs += ['/boot/develop/headers/posix', '/boot/develop/headers/3rdparty', '/boot/common/include']
++            lib_dirs += ['/boot/system/lib', '/boot/develop/lib/x86', '/boot/common/lib']
++
+         # OSF/1 and Unixware have some stuff in /usr/ccs/lib (like -ldb)
+         if platform in ['osf1', 'unixware7', 'openunix8']:
+             lib_dirs += ['/usr/ccs/lib']
+@@ -451,7 +455,7 @@
+ 
+         # Check for MacOS X, which doesn't need libm.a at all
+         math_libs = ['m']
+-        if platform in ['darwin', 'beos', 'mac']:
++        if platform in ['darwin', 'beos', 'haiku1', 'mac']:
+             math_libs = []
+ 
+         # XXX Omitted modules: gl, pure, dl, SGI-specific modules
+@@ -1176,7 +1180,7 @@
+                 missing.append('resource')
+ 
+             # Sun yellow pages. Some systems have the functions in libc.
+-            if (platform not in ['cygwin', 'atheos', 'qnx6'] and
++            if (platform not in ['cygwin', 'atheos', 'qnx6', 'haiku1'] and
+                 find_file('rpcsvc/yp_prot.h', inc_dirs, []) is not None):
+                 if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'nsl')):
+                     libs = ['nsl']
+--- Python-2.6.8/Lib/test/test_fileio.py	2012-07-26 23:04:42.208666624 +0000
++++ Python-2.6.8-haiku/Lib/test/test_fileio.py	2012-07-26 23:05:09.382730240 +0000
+@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@
+                     self.assertEquals(f.writable(), True)
+                     if sys.platform != "darwin" and \
+                        'bsd' not in sys.platform and \
++                       'haiku' not in sys.platform and \
+                        not sys.platform.startswith('sunos'):
+                         # Somehow /dev/tty appears seekable on some BSDs
+                         self.assertEquals(f.seekable(), False)
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.8.bep b/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.8.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fe22dd32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.8.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+DESCRIPTION="python - An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.python.org" 
+SRC_URI="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.8/Python-2.6.8.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="c6e0420a21d8b23dee8b0195c9b9a125"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND="sys-libs/readline >= 6.0"
+BUILD {
+	cd Python-2.6.8/Modules/_ctypes/libffi
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	cd ../../..
+	echo "AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])" >> configure.in
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal
+	autoconf
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--enable-shared LDFLAGS=-L/boot/common/lib \
+		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man \
+		CFLAGS=-I/boot/develop/headers/3rdparty
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd Python-2.6.8
+	make install
+}
+
+TEST {
+	cd Python-2.6.8
+	cd Lib/test
+	rm test_asynchat.py  # this one stalls, so skip it for now
+	rm test_multiprocessing.py  # this one stalls, so skip it for now
+	
+	python regrtest.py
+}
+
+LICENSE="Python"
+COPYRIGHT="1990-2012, Python Software Foundation"