diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fada490..bd944ac 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #7085: Fix crash when importing some extensions in a thread
+  on MacOSX 10.6.
+
 - Issue #7298: fixes for range and reversed(range(...)).  Iteration
   over range(a, b, c) incorrectly gave an empty iterator when a, b and
   c fit in C long but the length of the range did not.  Also fix
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 12697dd..5079e84 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 74980 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 75727 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 3.1.
 #
@@ -3802,7 +3802,7 @@
   { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 
 
@@ -5350,7 +5350,7 @@
 else
   ac_cv_header_stdc=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 fi
 
@@ -5371,7 +5371,7 @@
 else
   ac_cv_header_stdc=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 fi
 
@@ -6469,7 +6469,7 @@
 
 
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $was_it_defined" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$was_it_defined" >&6; }
@@ -6999,7 +6999,7 @@
 else
   ac_cv_type_uid_t=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 fi
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_type_uid_t" >&5
@@ -14409,7 +14409,7 @@
 else
   unistd_defines_pthreads=no
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
     { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $unistd_defines_pthreads" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$unistd_defines_pthreads" >&6; }
@@ -15877,7 +15877,7 @@
   $EGREP "yes" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   ipv6type=$i
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		kame)
@@ -15900,7 +15900,7 @@
 				ipv6libdir=/usr/local/v6/lib
 				ipv6trylibc=yes
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		linux-glibc)
@@ -15921,7 +15921,7 @@
   ipv6type=$i;
 				ipv6trylibc=yes
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		linux-inet6)
@@ -15959,7 +15959,7 @@
 				ipv6lib=inet6;
 				ipv6libdir=/usr/local/v6/lib
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		v6d)
@@ -15982,7 +15982,7 @@
 				ipv6libdir=/usr/local/v6/lib;
 				BASECFLAGS="-I/usr/local/v6/include $BASECFLAGS"
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		zeta)
@@ -16004,7 +16004,7 @@
 				ipv6lib=inet6;
 				ipv6libdir=/usr/local/v6/lib
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 			;;
 		esac
@@ -23989,7 +23989,7 @@
 _ACEOF
 
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
@@ -24008,7 +24008,7 @@
 _ACEOF
 
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 fi
 
@@ -24278,7 +24278,7 @@
 _ACEOF
 
 fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -f -r conftest*
 
 fi
 
@@ -25513,6 +25513,12 @@
 fi
 
 
+if test $ac_sys_system = Darwin
+then
+	LIBS="$LIBS -framework CoreFoundation"
+fi
+
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5651993..1d024cd 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3939,6 +3939,12 @@
 fi],
 [AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])
 
+if test $ac_sys_system = Darwin
+then
+	LIBS="$LIBS -framework CoreFoundation"
+fi
+
+
 
 AC_SUBST(THREADHEADERS)