diff --git a/SOURCES/99999-python-2.7.5-issues-17979-17998.patch b/SOURCES/99999-python-2.7.5-issues-17979-17998.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbf2388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/99999-python-2.7.5-issues-17979-17998.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+
+# HG changeset patch
+# User Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
+# Date 1369166013 -10800
+# Node ID 8408eed151ebee1c546414f1f40be46c1ad76077
+# Parent  7fce9186accb10122e45d975f4b380c2ed0fae35
+Issue #17979: Fixed the re module in build with --disable-unicode.
+
+diff --git a/Modules/sre.h b/Modules/sre.h
+--- a/Modules/sre.h
++++ b/Modules/sre.h
+@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
+ #  define SRE_MAXREPEAT ((SRE_CODE)PY_SSIZE_T_MAX + 1u)
+ # endif
+ #else
+-# define SRE_CODE unsigned long
+-# if SIZEOF_SIZE_T > SIZEOF_LONG
++# define SRE_CODE unsigned int
++# if SIZEOF_SIZE_T > SIZEOF_INT
+ #  define SRE_MAXREPEAT (~(SRE_CODE)0)
+ # else
+ #  define SRE_MAXREPEAT ((SRE_CODE)PY_SSIZE_T_MAX + 1u)
+
+
+# HG changeset patch
+# User Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
+# Date 1375547193 -10800
+# Node ID e5e425fd1e4f7e859abdced43621203cdfa87a16
+# Parent  8205e72b5cfcdb7a3450c80f3368eff610bc650c
+Issue #17998: Fix an internal error in regular expression engine.
+
+diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py
+--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py
++++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py
+@@ -907,6 +907,16 @@ class ReTests(unittest.TestCase):
+                 self.assertEqual(m.group(1), "")
+                 self.assertEqual(m.group(2), "y")
+ 
++    def test_issue17998(self):
++        for reps in '*', '+', '?', '{1}':
++            for mod in '', '?':
++                pattern = '.' + reps + mod + 'yz'
++                self.assertEqual(re.compile(pattern, re.S).findall('xyz'),
++                                 ['xyz'], msg=pattern)
++                pattern = pattern.encode()
++                self.assertEqual(re.compile(pattern, re.S).findall(b'xyz'),
++                                 [b'xyz'], msg=pattern)
++
+ 
+ 
+ def run_re_tests():
+diff --git a/Modules/_sre.c b/Modules/_sre.c
+--- a/Modules/_sre.c
++++ b/Modules/_sre.c
+@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ entrance:
+             TRACE(("|%p|%p|REPEAT_ONE %d %d\n", ctx->pattern, ctx->ptr,
+                    ctx->pattern[1], ctx->pattern[2]));
+ 
+-            if (ctx->pattern[1] > end - ctx->ptr)
++            if ((Py_ssize_t) ctx->pattern[1] > end - ctx->ptr)
+                 RETURN_FAILURE; /* cannot match */
+ 
+             state->ptr = ctx->ptr;
+@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ entrance:
+             TRACE(("|%p|%p|MIN_REPEAT_ONE %d %d\n", ctx->pattern, ctx->ptr,
+                    ctx->pattern[1], ctx->pattern[2]));
+ 
+-            if (ctx->pattern[1] > end - ctx->ptr)
++            if ((Py_ssize_t) ctx->pattern[1] > end - ctx->ptr)
+                 RETURN_FAILURE; /* cannot match */
+ 
+             state->ptr = ctx->ptr;
+@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ entrance:
+             TRACE(("|%p|%p|MAX_UNTIL %d\n", ctx->pattern,
+                    ctx->ptr, ctx->count));
+ 
+-            if (ctx->count < ctx->u.rep->pattern[1]) {
++            if (ctx->count < (Py_ssize_t) ctx->u.rep->pattern[1]) {
+                 /* not enough matches */
+                 ctx->u.rep->count = ctx->count;
+                 DO_JUMP(JUMP_MAX_UNTIL_1, jump_max_until_1,
+@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ entrance:
+                 RETURN_FAILURE;
+             }
+ 
+-            if ((ctx->count < ctx->u.rep->pattern[2] ||
++            if ((ctx->count < (Py_ssize_t) ctx->u.rep->pattern[2] ||
+                 ctx->u.rep->pattern[2] == SRE_MAXREPEAT) &&
+                 state->ptr != ctx->u.rep->last_ptr) {
+                 /* we may have enough matches, but if we can
+@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ entrance:
+             TRACE(("|%p|%p|MIN_UNTIL %d %p\n", ctx->pattern,
+                    ctx->ptr, ctx->count, ctx->u.rep->pattern));
+ 
+-            if (ctx->count < ctx->u.rep->pattern[1]) {
++            if (ctx->count < (Py_ssize_t) ctx->u.rep->pattern[1]) {
+                 /* not enough matches */
+                 ctx->u.rep->count = ctx->count;
+                 DO_JUMP(JUMP_MIN_UNTIL_1, jump_min_until_1,
+@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ entrance:
+ 
+             LASTMARK_RESTORE();
+ 
+-            if ((ctx->count >= ctx->u.rep->pattern[2]
++            if ((ctx->count >= (Py_ssize_t) ctx->u.rep->pattern[2]
+                 && ctx->u.rep->pattern[2] != SRE_MAXREPEAT) ||
+                 state->ptr == ctx->u.rep->last_ptr)
+                 RETURN_FAILURE;
+diff --git a/Modules/sre.h b/Modules/sre.h
+--- a/Modules/sre.h
++++ b/Modules/sre.h
+@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
+ # if SIZEOF_SIZE_T > 4
+ #  define SRE_MAXREPEAT (~(SRE_CODE)0)
+ # else
+-#  define SRE_MAXREPEAT ((SRE_CODE)PY_SSIZE_T_MAX + 1u)
++#  define SRE_MAXREPEAT ((SRE_CODE)PY_SSIZE_T_MAX)
+ # endif
+ #else
+ # define SRE_CODE unsigned int
+ # if SIZEOF_SIZE_T > SIZEOF_INT
+ #  define SRE_MAXREPEAT (~(SRE_CODE)0)
+ # else
+-#  define SRE_MAXREPEAT ((SRE_CODE)PY_SSIZE_T_MAX + 1u)
++#  define SRE_MAXREPEAT ((SRE_CODE)PY_SSIZE_T_MAX)
+ # endif
+ #endif
+ 
+
diff --git a/SPECS/python.spec b/SPECS/python.spec
index 4f37c51..eaac3d3 100644
--- a/SPECS/python.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python.spec
@@ -1352,6 +1352,8 @@ Patch344: 00344-CVE-2019-16935.patch
 # above:
 Patch5000: 05000-autotool-intermediates.patch
 
+Patch99999: 99999-python-2.7.5-issues-17979-17998.patch
+
 # ======================================================
 # Additional metadata, and subpackages
 # ======================================================
@@ -1775,6 +1777,9 @@ mv Modules/cryptmodule.c Modules/_cryptmodule.c
 %patch332 -p1
 %patch344 -p1
 
+%ifarch %{arm} %{ix86} ppc
+%patch99999 -p1
+%endif
 
 # This shouldn't be necesarry, but is right now (2.2a3)
 find -name "*~" |xargs rm -f