--- a/Include/pyport.h	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Include/pyport.h	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -751,6 +751,30 @@
 #       endif /* HAVE_DECLSPEC */
 #endif /* Py_ENABLE_SHARED */
 
+#ifndef HAVE_DECLSPEC_DLL
+#       ifdef Py_BUILD_CORE
+#               ifndef PyAPI_FUNC
+#                      define PyAPI_FUNC(RTYPE) __attribute__ ((visibility ("default"))) RTYPE
+#               endif /* PyAPI_FUNC */
+#               ifndef PyAPI_DATA
+#                      define PyAPI_DATA(RTYPE) extern __attribute__ ((visibility ("default"))) RTYPE
+#               endif /* PyAPI_DATA */
+                /* module init functions inside the core need no external linkage */
+#               ifndef PyMODINIT_FUNC
+#                      define PyMODINIT_FUNC void
+#               endif /* PyMODINIT_FUNC */
+#       else /* Py_BUILD_CORE */
+                /* module init functions outside the core must be exported */
+#               ifndef PyMODINIT_FUNC
+#                      if defined(__cplusplus)
+#                              define PyMODINIT_FUNC extern "C" __attribute__ ((visibility ("default"))) void
+#                      else /* __cplusplus */
+#                              define PyMODINIT_FUNC __attribute__ ((visibility ("default"))) void
+#                      endif /* __cplusplus */
+#               endif /* PyMODINIT_FUNC */
+#       endif /* Py_BUILD_CORE */
+#endif /* HAVE_DECLSPEC_DLL */
+
 /* If no external linkage macros defined by now, create defaults */
 #ifndef PyAPI_FUNC
 #       define PyAPI_FUNC(RTYPE) RTYPE
--- a/Lib/distutils/dist.py	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Lib/distutils/dist.py	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
         parser.set_aliases({'licence': 'license'})
         args = parser.getopt(args=self.script_args, object=self)
         option_order = parser.get_option_order()
-        log.set_verbosity(self.verbose)
+        log.set_verbosity(1)
 
         # for display options we return immediately
         if self.handle_display_options(option_order):
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes_test.c	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes_test.c	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@
 
 #endif
 
-DL_EXPORT(void)
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
 init_ctypes_test(void)
 {
     Py_InitModule("_ctypes_test", module_methods);
--- a/Modules/_elementtree.c	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Modules/_elementtree.c	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -2860,7 +2860,7 @@
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
-DL_EXPORT(void)
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
 init_elementtree(void)
 {
     PyObject* m;
--- a/Modules/_hotshot.c	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Modules/_hotshot.c	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@
 };
 
 
-void
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
 init_hotshot(void)
 {
     PyObject *module;
--- a/Modules/_json.c	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Modules/_json.c	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(module_doc,
 "json speedups\n");
 
-void
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
 init_json(void)
 {
     PyObject *m;
--- a/Modules/cjkcodecs/cjkcodecs.h	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Modules/cjkcodecs/cjkcodecs.h	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define I_AM_A_MODULE_FOR(loc)                                          \
-    void                                                                \
+    PyMODINIT_FUNC                                                      \
     init_codecs_##loc(void)                                             \
     {                                                                   \
         PyObject *m = Py_InitModule("_codecs_" #loc, __methods);\
--- a/Modules/linuxaudiodev.c	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Modules/linuxaudiodev.c	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
     { 0, 0 },
 };
 
-void
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
 initlinuxaudiodev(void)
 {
     PyObject *m;
--- a/Modules/nismodule.c	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Modules/nismodule.c	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(nis__doc__,
 "This module contains functions for accessing NIS maps.\n");
 
-void
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
 initnis (void)
 {
     PyObject *m, *d;
--- a/Modules/ossaudiodev.c	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Modules/ossaudiodev.c	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@
 }
 
 
-void
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
 initossaudiodev(void)
 {
     PyObject *m;
--- a/Modules/sunaudiodev.c	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Modules/sunaudiodev.c	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@
     { 0, 0 },
 };
 
-void
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
 initsunaudiodev(void)
 {
     PyObject *m, *d;
--- a/Python/getargs.c	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/Python/getargs.c	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 int PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords(PyObject *, PyObject *,
                                 const char *, char **, va_list);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_DECLSPEC_DLL
 /* Export functions */
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyArg_Parse_SizeT(PyObject *, char *, ...);
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyArg_ParseTuple_SizeT(PyObject *, char *, ...);
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyArg_VaParse_SizeT(PyObject *, char *, va_list);
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords_SizeT(PyObject *, PyObject *,
                                               const char *, char **, va_list);
-#endif
 
 #define FLAG_COMPAT 1
 #define FLAG_SIZE_T 2
--- a/configure	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/configure	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -7754,7 +7754,7 @@
 		 then CCSHARED="-fPIC";
 		 else CCSHARED="+z";
 		 fi;;
-	Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
+	Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC -fvisibility=hidden";;
 	BSD/OS*/4*) CCSHARED="-fpic";;
 	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
--- a/configure.in	Sun Feb 19 12:29:43 2012 +0100
+++ b/configure.in	Sun Feb 19 22:20:00 2012 +0100
@@ -1938,7 +1938,7 @@
 		 then CCSHARED="-fPIC";
 		 else CCSHARED="+z";
 		 fi;;
-	Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
+	Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC -fvisibility=hidden";;
 	BSD/OS*/4*) CCSHARED="-fpic";;
 	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)