--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/components/python/python27/patches/11-symbolic.patch Tue Dec 20 17:19:09 2011 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+The use of -Bsymbolic here is not required for a profile-guided build, but
+provides noticeable performance improvements for Python applications. This
+should be an acceptable change as runtime interposition on the Python
+interpreter library is generally undesirable.
+--- Python-2.7.1/configure.in.orig 2011-11-07 10:05:49.959873160 -0800
++++ Python-2.7.1/configure.in 2011-11-07 10:05:38.932222244 -0800
+@@ -1812,11 +1812,11 @@
+ IRIX*/6*) LDSHARED="ld ${SGI_ABI} -shared -all";;
+ SunOS/5*)
+ if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
+- LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+- LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -shared'
++ LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic'
++ LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic'
+ else
+- LDSHARED='$(CC) -G'
+- LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -G'
++ LDSHARED='$(CC) -G -Wl,-Bsymbolic'
++ LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -G -Wl,-Bsymbolic'
+ fi ;;
+ hp*|HP*)
+ if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
+@@ -2008,7 +2008,7 @@
+ *gcc*)
+ if $CC -Xlinker --help 2>&1 | grep export-dynamic >/dev/null
+ then
+- LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker --export-dynamic"
++ LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker --export-dynamic -Xlinker -Bsymbolic"
+ fi;;
+ esac;;
+ CYGWIN*)