Index: Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
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--- Lib/ctypes/__init__.py	(revision 58182)
+++ Lib/ctypes/__init__.py	(working copy)
@@ -24,19 +24,14 @@
 
 DEFAULT_MODE = RTLD_LOCAL
 if _os.name == "posix" and _sys.platform == "darwin":
-    import gestalt
+    import platform
 
-    # gestalt.gestalt("sysv") returns the version number of the
-    # currently active system file as BCD.
-    # On OS X 10.4.6 -> 0x1046
-    # On OS X 10.2.8 -> 0x1028
-    # See also http://www.rgaros.nl/gestalt/
-    #
     # On OS X 10.3, we use RTLD_GLOBAL as default mode
     # because RTLD_LOCAL does not work at least on some
-    # libraries.
+    # libraries.  OS X 10.3 is Darwin 7, so we check for
+    # that.
 
-    if gestalt.gestalt("sysv") < 0x1040:
+    if int(platform.release().split('.')[0]) < 8:
         DEFAULT_MODE = RTLD_GLOBAL
 
 from _ctypes import FUNCFLAG_CDECL as _FUNCFLAG_CDECL, \