John
> How do I build Python so that I get static libraries instead of dynamic
> libraries (e.g. build/lib.solaris-2.8-sun4u-2.3/math.so)?
Edit Modules/Setup. The comments in the file should get you started.
Cheers,
mwh
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-- Gordon McMillan, comp.lang.python
(1) Changed the commented *shared* line to the *static* line (see below).
(2) Uncommented the modules (math, time, array) that I wanted incorporated
into the static libpython.a library.
(3) Added lines for a couple other modules (strop & _random) that
previously weren't listed in the Setup file.
(4) Reran configure, make & make install. It works!
Now I can run freeze.py and build a truly stand-alone executable including
the modules I mentioned.
Here's a section of Modules/Setup with my changes:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Uncommenting the following line tells makesetup that all following #
modules are to be built as shared libraries (see above for more
# detail; also note that *static* reverses this effect):
*static*
# Modules that should always be present (non UNIX dependent):
array arraymodule.c # array objects
#cmath cmathmodule.c # -lm # complex math library functions
math mathmodule.c # -lm # math library functions, e.g. sin()
#struct structmodule.c # binary structure packing/unpacking
time timemodule.c # -lm # time operations and variables
#operator operator.c # operator.add() and similar goodies
#_weakref _weakref.c # basic weak reference support
#_testcapi _testcapimodule.c # Python C API test module
strop stropmodule.c
_random _randommodule.c
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Yes, thanks!, it was easy. I just edited Modules/Setup as follows:
>
> (1) Changed the commented *shared* line to the *static* line (see below).
>
> (2) Uncommented the modules (math, time, array) that I wanted incorporated
> into the static libpython.a library.
>
> (3) Added lines for a couple other modules (strop & _random) that
> previously weren't listed in the Setup file.
I'm a bit surprised strop wasn't in there. _random probably should
be, too. File a bug on SF?
Cheers,
mwh
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