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Document that --enable-shared puts PIC objects into the static libpython.
Fixes #589429.
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Starting with Python 2.3, the majority of the interpreter can be built
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into a shared library, which can then be used by the interpreter
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executable, and by applications embedding Python. To enable this feature,
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configure with --enable-shared.
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configure with --enable-shared.
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If you do so, a static library will be created in addition to the
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shared library, which uses the same object files as the shared library
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In particular, the library likely object files using
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position-independent code (PIC) if PIC flags are needed for the shared
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library.
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Configuring additional built-in modules

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