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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2003-07-21 16:01:39 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2003-07-21 16:01:39 (GMT)
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Clarify a statement regarding both shared and static library.
Closes SF bug #774480.
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@@ -763,11 +763,10 @@ into a shared library, which can then be used by the interpreter
executable, and by applications embedding Python. To enable this feature,
configure with --enable-shared.
-If you do so, a static library will be created in addition to the
-shared library, which uses the same object files as the shared library
-In particular, the library likely object files using
-position-independent code (PIC) if PIC flags are needed for the shared
-library.
+If you enable this feature, the same object files will be used to create
+a static library. In particular, the static library will contain object
+files using position-independent code (PIC) on platforms where PIC flags
+are needed for the shared library.
Configuring additional built-in modules