From: Fred Drake Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:01:39 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Clarify a statement regarding both shared and static library. X-Git-Tag: v2.3c2~40 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=55512dccb47ce385c1ca8372a2fb75fe2aa6606c;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Clarify a statement regarding both shared and static library. Closes SF bug #774480. --- diff --git a/README b/README index dd32cf44f8b3..07910ffa763e 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