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- The catch is that the Python distribution or the Python
- maintainers do not provide any direct way to do this. The
- closest thing we can offer you is the information in <ulink
- url="http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#3.30">Python FAQ
- 3.30</ulink>. On some operating systems you don't really have
- to build a shared library, but then you will have to convince
- the <productname>PostgreSQL</> build system of this. Consult
- the <filename>Makefile</filename> in the
+ If you have problems, try running Python's configure using the
+ <literal>--enable-shared</> flag. On some operating systems you
+ don't really have to build a shared library, but you will have
+ to convince the <productname>PostgreSQL</> build system of this.
+ Consult the <filename>Makefile</filename> in the
<filename>src/pl/plpython</filename> directory for details.
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