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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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