IMPORTANT: You must compile your extension module with the additional C flag `-G0' (or `-G 0'). This instruct the assembler to generate position-independent code.
You don't need to link the resulting `spammodule.o
' file; just
copy it into a directory along the Python module search path.
The first time your extension is loaded, it takes some extra time and
a few messages may be printed. This creates a file
`spammodule.ld
' which is an image that can be loaded quickly into
the Python interpreter process. When a new Python interpreter is
installed, the dl
package detects this and rebuilds
`spammodule.ld
'. The file `spammodule.ld
' is placed in the
directory where `spammodule.o
' was found, unless this directory is
unwritable; in that case it is placed in a temporary
directory.
If your extension modules uses additional system libraries, you must
create a file `spammodule.libs
' in the same directory as the
`spammodule.o
'. This file should contain one or more lines with
whitespace-separated options that will be passed to the linker ---
normally only `-l' options or absolute pathnames of libraries
(`.a' files) should be used.