diff --git a/python-2.6.patch b/python-2.6.patch
index 4cf5af4c..c673fdfe 100644
--- a/python-2.6.patch
+++ b/python-2.6.patch
@@ -2,120 +2,38 @@ Index: pisi/archive.py
 ===================================================================
 --- pisi/archive.py	(revision 21417)
 +++ pisi/archive.py	(working copy)
-@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
-         elif self.type == 'tarlzma':
-             rmode = 'r:'
-             self.file_path = self.file_path.rstrip(ctx.const.lzma_suffix)
--            ret, out, err = util.run_batch("lzma -k -f -d %s%s" % (self.file_path,ctx.const.lzma_suffix))
-+            ret, out, err = util.run_batch("lzma -k -f -d %s%s" % (self.file_path, ctx.const.lzma_suffix))
-             if ret != 0:
-                 raise LzmaRuntimeError(err)
-         else:
-@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
+@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
+ import zipfile
+ import gzip
+ import struct
++import sys
++import distutils.version
+ 
+ import gettext
+ __trans = gettext.translation('pisi', fallback=True)
+@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@
      def close(self):
          self.tar.close()
  
 -        if self.tar.mode == 'wb' and self.type == 'tarlzma':
-+        if self.tar.mode == 'w' and self.type == 'tarlzma':
++        if 'w' in str(self.tar.mode) and self.type == 'tarlzma':
              batch = None
              if ctx.config.values.build.compressionlevel:
                  batch = "lzma -%s -z %s" % (ctx.config.values.build.compressionlevel, self.file_path)
-@@ -201,97 +201,9 @@
+@@ -201,6 +203,16 @@
  
  class MyZipFile(zipfile.ZipFile):
      def decompressToFile(self, name, outname):
--        import zlib
--        import binascii
++        version = sys.version.split()[0]
++        if distutils.version.StrictVersion(version) < distutils.version.StrictVersion("2.6.0"):
++            self.decompressToFileOld(name, outname)
++        else:
++            self.decompressToFileNew(name, outname)
++
++    def decompressToFileNew(self, name, outname):
 +        self.extract(name, os.path.dirname(outname))
- 
--        block_size = 1024 * 1024 * 2
- 
--        if self.mode not in ("r", "a"):
--            raise RuntimeError, 'read() requires mode "r" or "a"'
--        if not self.fp:
--            raise RuntimeError, \
--                  "Attempt to read ZIP archive that was already closed"
--        zinfo = self.getinfo(name)
--        filepos = self.fp.tell()
--
--        self.fp.seek(zinfo.header_offset, 0)
--
--        # Skip the file header:
--        fheader = self.fp.read(30)
--        if fheader[0:4] != zipfile.stringFileHeader:
--            raise BadZipfile, "Bad magic number for file header"
--
--        fheader = struct.unpack(zipfile.structFileHeader, fheader)
--        fname = self.fp.read(fheader[zipfile._FH_FILENAME_LENGTH])
--        if fheader[zipfile._FH_EXTRA_FIELD_LENGTH]:
--            self.fp.read(fheader[zipfile._FH_EXTRA_FIELD_LENGTH])
--
--        if fname != zinfo.orig_filename:
--            raise zipfile.BadZipfile, \
--                  'File name in directory "%s" and header "%s" differ.' % (
--                zinfo.orig_filename, fname)
--
--        destfile = file(outname, 'wb')
--
--        if zinfo.compress_type == zipfile.ZIP_STORED:
--            total_read = 0
--            crc = None
--            while total_read < zinfo.compress_size:
--                if zinfo.compress_size - total_read < block_size:
--                    block_size = zinfo.compress_size - total_read
--                buff = self.fp.read(block_size)
--                destfile.write(buff)
--                total_read += (block_size)
--                if crc:
--                    crc = binascii.crc32(buff, crc)
--                else:
--                    crc = binascii.crc32(buff)
--            destfile.close()
--            self.fp.seek(filepos, 0)
--            if crc and crc != zinfo.CRC:
--                raise zipfile.BadZipfile, "Bad CRC-32 for file %s" % name
--            return
--        elif zinfo.compress_type != zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED:
--            raise zipfile.BadZipfile, \
--                  "Unsupported compression method %d for file %s" % \
--            (zinfo.compress_type, name)
--
--        if not zlib:
--            raise RuntimeError, \
--                "De-compression requires the (missing) zlib module"
--        # zlib compress/decompress code by Jeremy Hylton of CNRI
--        dc = zlib.decompressobj(-15)
--
--        total_read = 0
--        crc = None
--        while total_read < zinfo.compress_size:
--            if zinfo.compress_size - total_read < block_size:
--                block_size = zinfo.compress_size - total_read
--            buff = self.fp.read(block_size)
--            dcbuff = dc.decompress(dc.unconsumed_tail + buff)
--            destfile.write(dcbuff)
--            total_read += block_size
--            if crc:
--                crc = binascii.crc32(dcbuff, crc)
--            else:
--                crc = binascii.crc32(dcbuff)
--
--        # need to feed in unused pad byte so that zlib won't choke
--        ex = dc.decompress(dc.unconsumed_tail + 'Z') + dc.flush()
--        if ex:
--            if crc:
--                crc = binascii.crc32(ex, crc)
--            else:
--                crc = binascii.crc32(ex)
--            destfile.write(ex)
--
--        if crc and crc != zinfo.CRC:
--            raise zipfile.BadZipfile, "Bad CRC-32 for file %s" % name
--
--        destfile.close()
--        self.fp.seek(filepos, 0)
--
--
- class ArchiveZip(ArchiveBase):
-     """ArchiveZip handles zip archives.
++
++    def decompressToFileOld(self, name, outname):
+         import zlib
+         import binascii