How to generate libpython2.2.so ?

[Gerhard Häring]

* Nadav Horesh <NadavH at envision.co.il> [2002-11-26 18:05 +0200]:
> I compiled python 2.2.2 under RedHat 8.0 with gcc 3.2.1 using the simple 
> ./configure; make combination. It all went smoothly and seems to work 
> well, but it does not generate libpython2.2.so, although other shared 
> libraries were generated.
> 
> I looked at the README and the configure --help option but found no hints.
> Any ideas?

AFAIK it's not possible with an unpatched Python 2.2.x. With Python
2.3-CVS, however, building the shared library is the default.

Some distributions, for example the one I use, Debian, apply patches to
have Python build a shared library. So maybe you can grab a Debian
source package and try building from it.

-- Gerhard