diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fa63d5fd374..95c609878ad 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 79401 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 79975 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 3.2.
 #
@@ -710,6 +710,7 @@ OTHER_LIBTOOL_OPT
 LIBTOOL_CRUFT
 SO
 LDSHARED
+LDCXXSHARED
 BLDSHARED
 CCSHARED
 LINKFORSHARED
@@ -4699,40 +4700,7 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_no_strict_aliasing" >&6; }
 	        if test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "32-bit" ; then
 		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc -arch i386"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT=""
-		   LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS="-extract ppc7400 -extract i386"
-
-                   # You have to use different flags on various versions of
-		   # OSX to extract PPC code from an universal binary, basically
-                   # '-arch ppc' on OSX 10.4 and '-arch ppc7400' on anything
-                   # newer.
-                   # Because '-arch pp7400' works on OSX 10.5 or higher this
-                   # test is only present in the '32-bit' branch, all other
-                   # branches require OSX 10.5 to compile.
-
-		   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking lipo flag for extracting ppc code" >&5
-echo $ECHO_N "checking lipo flag for extracting ppc code... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
-		   FN="test.$$"
-		   cat >${FN}.c <<-EOF
-		        int main() { return 0; }
-EOF
-		   ${CC} ${CFLAGS} -arch ppc -arch i386 -o ${FN} ${FN}.c -isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK}
-		   if test $? != 0 ; then
-			   rm ${FN} ${FN}.c
-			   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: failed, assumee -extract ppc7400" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}failed, assumee -extract ppc7400" >&6; }
-		   else
-			   lipo "${FN}" -extract ppc7400 -output "${FN}.out" 2>/dev/null
-			   if test $? != 0 ; then
-			       LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS="-extract ppc -extract i386"
-			       { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: \"'-extract ppc'\"" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}\"'-extract ppc'\"" >&6; }
-			   else
-			       { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: \"'-extract ppc7400'\"" >&5
-echo "${ECHO_T}\"'-extract ppc7400'\"" >&6; }
-			   fi
-			   rm -f ${FN} ${FN}.c ${FN}.out
-		   fi
-
+		   LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS=""
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "64-bit" ; then
 		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
 		   LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS=""
@@ -14663,6 +14631,7 @@ esac
 
 
 
+
 # SO is the extension of shared libraries `(including the dot!)
 # -- usually .so, .sl on HP-UX, .dll on Cygwin
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking SO" >&5
@@ -14715,36 +14684,47 @@ then
 	IRIX/5*) LDSHARED="ld -shared";;
 	IRIX*/6*) LDSHARED="ld ${SGI_ABI} -shared -all";;
 	SunOS/5*)
-		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
-		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
-		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G';
+		if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
+			LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+			LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -shared'
+		else
+			LDSHARED='$(CC) -G'
+			LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -G'
 		fi ;;
 	hp*|HP*)
-		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
-		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
-		else LDSHARED='ld -b';
+		if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
+			LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+			LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -shared'
+		else
+			LDSHARED='ld -b'
 		fi ;;
 	OSF*) LDSHARED="ld -shared -expect_unresolved \"*\"";;
 	Darwin/1.3*)
 		LDSHARED='$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'
+		LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'
 		if test "$enable_framework" ; then
 			# Link against the framework. All externals should be defined.
 			BLDSHARED="$LDSHARED "'$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
 			LDSHARED="$LDSHARED "'$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKPREFIX)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
+			LDCXXSHARED="$LDCXXSHARED "'$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKPREFIX)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
 		else
 			# No framework. Ignore undefined symbols, assuming they come from Python
 			LDSHARED="$LDSHARED -undefined suppress"
+			LDCXXSHARED="$LDCXXSHARED -undefined suppress"
 		fi ;;
 	Darwin/1.4*|Darwin/5.*|Darwin/6.*)
 		LDSHARED='$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'
+		LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'
 		if test "$enable_framework" ; then
 			# Link against the framework. All externals should be defined.
 			BLDSHARED="$LDSHARED "'$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
 			LDSHARED="$LDSHARED "'$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKPREFIX)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
+			LDCXXSHARED="$LDCXXSHARED "'$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKPREFIX)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
 		else
 			# No framework, use the Python app as bundle-loader
 			BLDSHARED="$LDSHARED "'-bundle_loader $(BUILDPYTHON)'
 			LDSHARED="$LDSHARED "'-bundle_loader $(BINDIR)/python$(VERSION)$(EXE)'
+			LDCXXSHARED="$LDCXXSHARED "'-bundle_loader $(BINDIR)/python$(VERSION)$(EXE)'
 		fi ;;
 	Darwin/*)
 		# Use -undefined dynamic_lookup whenever possible (10.3 and later).
@@ -14756,26 +14736,35 @@ then
 				LDFLAGS="${UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS} -isysroot ${UNIVERSALSDK} ${LDFLAGS}"
 			fi
 			LDSHARED='$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup'
+			LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup'
 			BLDSHARED="$LDSHARED"
 		else
 			LDSHARED='$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'
+			LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -bundle'
 			if test "$enable_framework" ; then
 				# Link against the framework. All externals should be defined.
 				BLDSHARED="$LDSHARED "'$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
 				LDSHARED="$LDSHARED "'$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKPREFIX)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
+				LDCXXSHARED="$LDCXXSHARED "'$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKPREFIX)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR)/Versions/$(VERSION)/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)'
 			else
 				# No framework, use the Python app as bundle-loader
 				BLDSHARED="$LDSHARED "'-bundle_loader $(BUILDPYTHON)'
 				LDSHARED="$LDSHARED "'-bundle_loader $(BINDIR)/python$(VERSION)$(EXE)'
+				LDCXXSHARED="$LDCXXSHARED "'-bundle_loader $(BINDIR)/python$(VERSION)$(EXE)'
 			fi
 		fi
 		;;
-	Linux*|GNU*|QNX*) LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared';;
-	BSD/OS*/4*) LDSHARED="gcc -shared";;
+	Linux*|GNU*|QNX*)
+		LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+		LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -shared';;
+	BSD/OS*/4*)
+		LDSHARED="gcc -shared"
+		LDCXXSHARED="g++ -shared";;
 	FreeBSD*)
 		if [ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]
 		then
 			LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared ${LDFLAGS}'
+			LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -shared ${LDFLAGS}'
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;
@@ -14783,6 +14772,7 @@ then
 		if [ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]
 		then
 				LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared $(CCSHARED) ${LDFLAGS}'
+				LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -shared $(CCSHARED) ${LDFLAGS}'
 		else
 				case `uname -r` in
 				[01].* | 2.[0-7] | 2.[0-7].*)
@@ -14790,22 +14780,33 @@ then
 				   ;;
 				*)
 				   LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared $(CCSHARED) ${LDFLAGS}'
+				   LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -shared $(CCSHARED) ${LDFLAGS}'
 				   ;;
 				esac
 		fi;;
-	NetBSD*|DragonFly*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
+	NetBSD*|DragonFly*)
+		LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}"
+		LDCXXSHARED="c++ -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
-		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
-		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
-		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G'
+		if test "$GCC" = "yes" ; then
+			LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+			LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -shared'
+		else
+			LDSHARED='$(CC) -G'
+			LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -G'
 		fi;;
-	SCO_SV*) LDSHARED='$(CC) -Wl,-G,-Bexport';;
-	CYGWIN*) LDSHARED="gcc -shared -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base";;
+	SCO_SV*)
+		LDSHARED='$(CC) -Wl,-G,-Bexport'
+		LDCXXSHARED='$(CXX) -Wl,-G,-Bexport';;
+	CYGWIN*)
+		LDSHARED="gcc -shared -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base"
+		LDCXXSHARED="g++ -shared -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base";;
 	*)	LDSHARED="ld";;
 	esac
 fi
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $LDSHARED" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$LDSHARED" >&6; }
+LDCXXSHARED=${LDCXXSHARED-$LDSHARED}
 BLDSHARED=${BLDSHARED-$LDSHARED}
 # CCSHARED are the C *flags* used to create objects to go into a shared
 # library (module) -- this is only needed for a few systems
@@ -28088,9 +28089,9 @@ OTHER_LIBTOOL_OPT!$OTHER_LIBTOOL_OPT$ac_delim
 LIBTOOL_CRUFT!$LIBTOOL_CRUFT$ac_delim
 SO!$SO$ac_delim
 LDSHARED!$LDSHARED$ac_delim
+LDCXXSHARED!$LDCXXSHARED$ac_delim
 BLDSHARED!$BLDSHARED$ac_delim
 CCSHARED!$CCSHARED$ac_delim
-LINKFORSHARED!$LINKFORSHARED$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -28132,6 +28133,7 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+LINKFORSHARED!$LINKFORSHARED$ac_delim
 CFLAGSFORSHARED!$CFLAGSFORSHARED$ac_delim
 SHLIBS!$SHLIBS$ac_delim
 PKG_CONFIG!$PKG_CONFIG$ac_delim
@@ -28158,7 +28160,7 @@ SRCDIRS!$SRCDIRS$ac_delim
 LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
-  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 24; then
+  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 25; then
     break
   elif $ac_last_try; then
     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5