ar rc libpython2.7.a Modules/threadmodule.o Modules/signalmodule.o Modules/posixmodule.o Modules/errnomodule.o Modules/pwdmodule.o Modules/_sre.o Modules/_codecsmodule.o Modules/_weakref.o Modules/zipimport.o Modules/symtablemodule.o Modules/xxsubtype.o
this is confirmed for all slots. I didn't test only 3.3.
This seems to be working properly in 2.7.12.