Index: Makefile.pre.in
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--- Makefile.pre.in	(revision 77480)
+++ Makefile.pre.in	(working copy)
@@ -1183,10 +1183,11 @@
 			   -o -name '*.bak' ')' \
 			   -exec rm -f {} ';'
 
-# Check for smelly exported symbols (not starting with Py/_Py)
+# Check for smelly exported symbols (not starting with Py/_Py/init[_a-z]+)
 smelly: all
 	nm -p $(LIBRARY) | \
-		sed -n "/ [TDB] /s/.* //p" | grep -v "^_*Py" | sort -u; \
+		sed -n "/ [TDB] /s/.* //p" | grep -v "^_*Py" | \
+		grep -v -E "^init[_a-z]+" | sort -u; \
 
 # Find files with funny names
 funny: