diff --git a/dev-lang/python/patches/python-2.7.6.patchset b/dev-lang/python/patches/python-2.7.6.patchset
index 60cda5c9f..4698005bc 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/patches/python-2.7.6.patchset
+++ b/dev-lang/python/patches/python-2.7.6.patchset
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From bd2ce0285f6664a5fb6d1c7fdc590561bebf500f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From e158682a7e7e4eaee89b0a319898cc81fe87a051 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:17:06 +0000
 Subject: initial Haiku patch
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ index 40ad843..24621ef 100644
 1.8.3.4
 
 
-From 0a4292a9f64ebbb69ec9863b3397b1d2e9b30538 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 5f8c5e79e84950d038d1c62328eef90c457de7b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
 Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2014 21:16:40 +0000
 Subject: fix pyconfig.h path
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ index cf75650..bb54b6f 100644
 1.8.3.4
 
 
-From 4c3a87e1bf6ec0a7bb5ae2e8da3620ab17268697 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From a769fb6232923674b192bb7332027f1e12209084 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@pulkomandy.tk>
 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:19:13 +0000
 Subject: Import missed change from the 2.6.9 patches
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ index f1b0ae8..c18a7dd 100644
 1.8.3.4
 
 
-From 818b7cffe7fa08b66a1e395db39f7d85ae42fb67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From 7f0ea727b5110c0cbb4f88b7c4851ea431215f95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@pulkomandy.tk>
 Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 18:59:44 +0200
 Subject: gcc2 fix.
@@ -836,3 +836,35 @@ index 650ca69..02a1913 100644
 -- 
 1.8.3.4
 
+
+From 73930d516fe87aced15e67cd27cb221810ff1cdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 16:26:28 +0000
+Subject: tarfile: let link fail and catch exception.
+
+
+diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
+index 44ecd24..7a0b4e3 100644
+--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
++++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
+@@ -2238,7 +2238,7 @@ class TarFile(object):
+           (platform limitation), we try to make a copy of the referenced file
+           instead of a link.
+         """
+-        if hasattr(os, "symlink") and hasattr(os, "link"):
++        try:
+             # For systems that support symbolic and hard links.
+             if tarinfo.issym():
+                 if os.path.lexists(targetpath):
+@@ -2252,7 +2252,7 @@ class TarFile(object):
+                     os.link(tarinfo._link_target, targetpath)
+                 else:
+                     self._extract_member(self._find_link_target(tarinfo), targetpath)
+-        else:
++        except (os.error, AttributeError):
+             try:
+                 self._extract_member(self._find_link_target(tarinfo), targetpath)
+             except KeyError:
+-- 
+1.8.3.4
+
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.6.recipe b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.6.recipe
index fa9ab489e..aa1a0bca4 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.6.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.6.recipe
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ LICENSE="Python"
 COPYRIGHT="1990-2012, Python Software Foundation"
 SRC_URI="https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.6/Python-2.7.6.tar.xz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="1fd68e81f8bf7386ff239b7faee9ba387129d2cf34eab13350bd8503a0bff6a1"
-REVISION="5"
+REVISION="6"
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 !x86 x86_64"
 
 PATCHES="python-2.7.6.patchset"