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@@ -642,7 +642,13 @@ Building a shared libpython
Starting with Python 2.3, the majority of the interpreter can be built
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.
+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.
Configuring additional built-in modules