diff -Nurp python2/fix_issue_17703.patch python2/fix_issue_17703.patch
--- python2/fix_issue_17703.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ python2/fix_issue_17703.patch	2013-04-29 11:24:30.843128655 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+# HG changeset patch
+# User Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>
+# Date 1366053614 -7200
+# Node ID e814fbd470bf42d84c5148e8ac876e68a7a7e8da
+# Parent  6a4746b0afaf93800e80ab61b776eff32a7df827
+Issue #17703: Fix a regression where an illegal use of Py_DECREF() after interpreter finalization can cause a crash.
+
+diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
+--- a/Include/object.h
++++ b/Include/object.h
+@@ -984,16 +984,22 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyTrash_thread_destroy
+ 
+ #define PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL 50
+ 
++/* Note the workaround for when the thread state is NULL (issue #17703) */
+ #define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_BEGIN(op) \
+     do { \
+         PyThreadState *_tstate = PyThreadState_GET(); \
+-        if (_tstate->trash_delete_nesting < PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL) { \
+-            ++_tstate->trash_delete_nesting;
++        if (!_tstate || \
++            _tstate->trash_delete_nesting < PyTrash_UNWIND_LEVEL) { \
++            if (_tstate) \
++                ++_tstate->trash_delete_nesting;
+             /* The body of the deallocator is here. */
+ #define Py_TRASHCAN_SAFE_END(op) \
+-            --_tstate->trash_delete_nesting; \
+-            if (_tstate->trash_delete_later && _tstate->trash_delete_nesting <= 0) \
+-                _PyTrash_thread_destroy_chain(); \
++            if (_tstate) { \
++                --_tstate->trash_delete_nesting; \
++                if (_tstate->trash_delete_later \
++                    && _tstate->trash_delete_nesting <= 0) \
++                    _PyTrash_thread_destroy_chain(); \
++            } \
+         } \
+         else \
+             _PyTrash_thread_deposit_object((PyObject*)op); \
diff -Nurp python2/PKGBUILD python2/PKGBUILD
--- python2/PKGBUILD	2013-04-29 00:06:20.000000000 +0200
+++ python2/PKGBUILD	2013-04-29 11:23:29.067387409 +0200
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 pkgname=python2
 pkgver=2.7.4
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 _pybasever=2.7
 pkgdesc="A high-level scripting language"
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
@@ -16,12 +16,19 @@ makedepends=('tk>=8.6.0' 'bluez')
 optdepends=('tk: for IDLE')
 conflicts=('python<3')
 options=('!makeflags')
-source=(http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${pkgver%rc?}/Python-${pkgver}.tar.xz)
-sha1sums=('08e78ebeb6d9c799644f6d787ca424291c0fe03e')
+source=(http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${pkgver%rc?}/Python-${pkgver}.tar.xz
+	'fix_issue_17703.patch')
+sha1sums=('08e78ebeb6d9c799644f6d787ca424291c0fe03e'
+	'eed4dae87ae2456f7fa636ad0826b4d8622598e0')
 
 build() {
   cd "${srcdir}/Python-${pkgver}"
 
+  # fix regression in python2 2.7.4
+  # bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue17703
+  # hg commit with fix: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e814fbd470bf
+  patch -Np1 < ${srcdir}/fix_issue_17703.patch
+
   # Temporary workaround for FS#22322
   # See http://bugs.python.org/issue10835 for upstream report
   sed -i "/progname =/s/python/python${_pybasever}/" Python/pythonrun.c