From 55512dccb47ce385c1ca8372a2fb75fe2aa6606c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:01:39 +0000 Subject: Clarify a statement regarding both shared and static library. Closes SF bug #774480. --- README | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index dd32cf4..07910ff 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -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 -- cgit v0.12