diff --git a/python-2.7.2-disable-tests-in-test_io.patch b/python-2.7.2-disable-tests-in-test_io.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7dde5f4..0000000
--- a/python-2.7.2-disable-tests-in-test_io.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/Lib/test/test_io.py
-+++ b/Lib/test/test_io.py
-@@ -2970,6 +2970,7 @@
-         self.check_interrupted_read_retry(lambda x: x,
-                                           mode="r")
- 
-+    @unittest.skip('rhbz#732998')
-     @unittest.skipUnless(threading, 'Threading required for this test.')
-     def check_interrupted_write_retry(self, item, **fdopen_kwargs):
-         """Check that a buffered write, when it gets interrupted (either
diff --git a/python-2.7.6-sqlite-3.8.4-tests.patch b/python-2.7.6-sqlite-3.8.4-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7044b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-2.7.6-sqlite-3.8.4-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
+Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:51:52 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] weaken callback count inequality (closes #20901)
+Upstream: committed
+References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867887 http://bugs.python.org/issue20901 http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1763e27a182d
+
+Fixes test failures with SQLite 3.8.4
+
+[ 296s] test test_sqlite failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
+[ 296s] File "/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/Python-2.7.6/Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py", line 165, in CheckOpcodeCount
+[ 296s] self.assertTrue(first_count > second_count)
+[ 296s] AssertionError: False is not true
+
+---
+ Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: Python-2.7.6/Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.7.6.orig/Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py	2014-03-14 20:32:55.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.7.6/Lib/sqlite3/test/hooks.py	2014-03-14 20:34:07.000000000 +0000
+@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class ProgressTests(unittest.TestCase):
+             create table bar (a, b)
+             """)
+         second_count = len(progress_calls)
+-        self.assertTrue(first_count > second_count)
++        self.assertTrue(first_count >= second_count)
+ 
+     def CheckCancelOperation(self):
+         """
diff --git a/python-base.changes b/python-base.changes
index 2c66a83..1d02c55 100644
--- a/python-base.changes
+++ b/python-base.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar 15 08:05:41 UTC 2014 - schwab@suse.de
+
+- Use profile-opt only when profiling is enabled
+- python-2.7.2-disable-tests-in-test_io.patch: removed, no longer needed
+- update testsuite exclusion list:
+  * test_signal and test_posix fail due to qemu bugs
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 14 20:26:03 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- Fix build with SQLite 3.8.4 [bnc#867887], fixing SQLite tests,
+  adding python-2.7.6-sqlite-3.8.4-tests.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 10 14:24:52 UTC 2014 - jmatejek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-base.spec b/python-base.spec
index f5b6a67..66f1a17 100644
--- a/python-base.spec
+++ b/python-base.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-base
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ Patch7:         python-2.6-gettext-plurals.patch
 Patch8:         python-2.6b3-curses-panel.patch
 Patch10:        sparc_longdouble.patch
 Patch13:        python-2.7.2-fix_date_time_compiler.patch
-Patch15:        python-2.7.2-disable-tests-in-test_io.patch
 Patch17:        remove-static-libpython.diff
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE python-2.7.3-ssl_ca_path.patch [bnc#761501] -- Support directory-based certificate stores with the ca_certs parameter of SSL functions
 Patch18:        python-2.7.3-ssl_ca_path.patch
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ Patch29:        python-2.7.6-poplib.patch
 Patch30:        python-2.7.6-bdist-rpm.patch
 # CVE-2014-1912 [bnc#863741] buffer overflow in recvfrom_into
 Patch31:        CVE-2014-1912-recvfrom_into.patch
+Patch32:        python-2.7.6-sqlite-3.8.4-tests.patch
 # COMMON-PATCH-END
 %define         python_version    %(echo %{tarversion} | head -c 3)
 BuildRequires:  automake
@@ -145,10 +145,6 @@ other applications.
 %patch8 -p1
 %patch10 -p1
 %patch13 -p1
-#skip test_io test for ppc,ppc64 as it is broken.
-%ifarch ppc ppc64 ppc64le
-%patch15 -p1
-%endif
 %patch17 -p1
 %patch18 -p1
 %patch20 -p1
@@ -162,6 +158,7 @@ other applications.
 %patch29 -p1
 %patch30 -p1
 %patch31 -p1
+%patch32 -p1
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement
 sed -i 's/^version_required/dnl version_required/' configure.ac
@@ -186,8 +183,13 @@ touch Parser/asdl* Python/Python-ast.c Include/Python-ast.h
     --enable-shared \
     --enable-unicode=ucs4
 
+%if 0%{?do_profiling}
+target=profile-opt
+%else
+target=all
+%endif
 LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
-    make %{?_smp_mflags} profile-opt
+    make %{?_smp_mflags} $target
 
 %check
 # on hppa, the threading of glibc is quite broken. The tests just stop
@@ -196,34 +198,40 @@ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH \
 %ifnarch hppa
 # test_file(2k) fails in autobuild env - "stdin.seek(-1)" wrongly succeeds. probably an issue with autobuild's stdin
 # test_urllib2 relies on being able to resolve local address, which is notoriously impossible in autobuild
-EXCLUDE="-x test_urllib2 -x test_file -x test_file2k"
+EXCLUDE="test_urllib2 test_file test_file2k"
 # test_nis and test_threading are AWFULLY slow.
-EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_nis -x test_threading"
+EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE test_nis test_threading"
 # test_gdb fails if gdb with (different) python support is part of the buildsystem
-EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_gdb"
+EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE test_gdb"
 %ifarch ia64
 # test_smtplib's testSend is known to be broken and on ia64 it actually fails most of the time, preventing the build.
-EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_smtplib"
+EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE test_smtplib"
 %endif
 # test_unicode fails in Factory
-EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_unicode"
+EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE test_unicode"
 %if 0%{?qemu_user_space_build}
 # test_asyncore fails because of unimplemented sockopt
-EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_asyncore -x test_mmap"
+EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE test_asyncore test_mmap"
 # emulation is unreliable
-EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_multiprocessing"
+EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE test_multiprocessing"
+# qemu bug (siginterrupt handling)
+EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE test_signal"
+%endif
+%ifarch aarch64
+# qemu bug (wrong USE_UID16)
+EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE test_posix"
 %endif
 
 # This test (part of test_uuid) requires real network interfaces
 # so that ifconfig output has "HWaddr <something>".  Some kvm instances
 # don't have any such interface breaking the uuid module test.
-EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE -x test_uuid"
+EXCLUDE="$EXCLUDE test_uuid"
 
 # Limit virtual memory to avoid spurious failures
 if test $(ulimit -v) = unlimited || test $(ulimit -v) -gt 10000000; then
   ulimit -v 10000000 || :
 fi
-make test TESTOPTS="-l $EXCLUDE" TESTPYTHONOPTS="-R"
+make test TESTOPTS="-l -x $EXCLUDE" TESTPYTHONOPTS="-R"
 # use network, be verbose:
 #make test TESTOPTS="-l -u network -v"
 %endif
diff --git a/python-doc.changes b/python-doc.changes
index e77edd6..e9ba256 100644
--- a/python-doc.changes
+++ b/python-doc.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 14 20:26:03 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- Fix build with SQLite 3.8.4 [bnc#867887], fixing SQLite tests,
+  adding python-2.7.6-sqlite-3.8.4-tests.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 21 15:55:04 UTC 2013 - jmatejek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python-doc.spec b/python-doc.spec
index a6ca3ab..70a7deb 100644
--- a/python-doc.spec
+++ b/python-doc.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python-doc
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ Patch7:         python-2.6-gettext-plurals.patch
 Patch8:         python-2.6b3-curses-panel.patch
 Patch10:        sparc_longdouble.patch
 Patch13:        python-2.7.2-fix_date_time_compiler.patch
-Patch15:        python-2.7.2-disable-tests-in-test_io.patch
 Patch17:        remove-static-libpython.diff
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE python-2.7.3-ssl_ca_path.patch [bnc#761501] -- Support directory-based certificate stores with the ca_certs parameter of SSL functions
 Patch18:        python-2.7.3-ssl_ca_path.patch
@@ -67,6 +66,7 @@ Patch29:        python-2.7.6-poplib.patch
 Patch30:        python-2.7.6-bdist-rpm.patch
 # CVE-2014-1912 [bnc#863741] buffer overflow in recvfrom_into
 Patch31:        CVE-2014-1912-recvfrom_into.patch
+Patch32:        python-2.7.6-sqlite-3.8.4-tests.patch
 # COMMON-PATCH-END
 Provides:       pyth_doc
 Provides:       pyth_ps
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ Python, and Macintosh Module Reference in PDF format.
 %patch8 -p1
 %patch10 -p1
 %patch13 -p1
-#skip test_io test for ppc,ppc64 as it is broken.
-%ifarch ppc ppc64 ppc64le
-%patch15 -p1
-%endif
 %patch17 -p1
 %patch18 -p1
 %patch20 -p1
@@ -121,6 +117,7 @@ Python, and Macintosh Module Reference in PDF format.
 %patch29 -p1
 %patch30 -p1
 %patch31 -p1
+%patch32 -p1
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement
 sed -i 's/^version_required/dnl version_required/' configure.ac
diff --git a/python.changes b/python.changes
index d827564..ddb7264 100644
--- a/python.changes
+++ b/python.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Mar 14 20:26:03 UTC 2014 - andreas.stieger@gmx.de
+
+- Fix build with SQLite 3.8.4 [bnc#867887], fixing SQLite tests,
+  adding python-2.7.6-sqlite-3.8.4-tests.patch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 21 15:54:55 UTC 2013 - jmatejek@suse.com
 
diff --git a/python.spec b/python.spec
index 0983671..39ddef6 100644
--- a/python.spec
+++ b/python.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package python
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
+# Copyright (c) 2014 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany.
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ Patch7:         python-2.6-gettext-plurals.patch
 Patch8:         python-2.6b3-curses-panel.patch
 Patch10:        sparc_longdouble.patch
 Patch13:        python-2.7.2-fix_date_time_compiler.patch
-Patch15:        python-2.7.2-disable-tests-in-test_io.patch
 Patch17:        remove-static-libpython.diff
 # PATCH-FIX-OPENSUSE python-2.7.3-ssl_ca_path.patch [bnc#761501] -- Support directory-based certificate stores with the ca_certs parameter of SSL functions
 Patch18:        python-2.7.3-ssl_ca_path.patch
@@ -68,6 +67,7 @@ Patch29:        python-2.7.6-poplib.patch
 Patch30:        python-2.7.6-bdist-rpm.patch
 # CVE-2014-1912 [bnc#863741] buffer overflow in recvfrom_into
 Patch31:        CVE-2014-1912-recvfrom_into.patch
+Patch32:        python-2.7.6-sqlite-3.8.4-tests.patch
 # COMMON-PATCH-END
 BuildRequires:  automake
 BuildRequires:  db-devel
@@ -181,10 +181,6 @@ implementation of the standard Unix DBM databases.
 %patch8 -p1
 %patch10 -p1
 %patch13 -p1
-#skip test_io test for ppc,ppc64 as it is broken.
-%ifarch ppc ppc64 ppc64le
-%patch15 -p1
-%endif
 %patch17 -p1
 %patch18 -p1
 %patch20 -p1
@@ -198,6 +194,7 @@ implementation of the standard Unix DBM databases.
 %patch29 -p1
 %patch30 -p1
 %patch31 -p1
+%patch32 -p1
 
 # drop Autoconf version requirement
 sed -i 's/^version_required/dnl version_required/' configure.ac