This directory contains a test and demonstration of the power of the generic Makefile.pre.in from the Misc directory. There are three shell scripts. Study the source of the scripts to find out how they work (it's really easy). ./make_static Make a static python binary with the xx module linked in. To test this, run ./python and try to import xx. ./make_shared Make a shared module xx. To test this, run the standard python interpreter in this directory and try to import xx. ./make_clean Clean up after either of the above. Note that each scripts starts by calling this script, to begin with a clean slate.