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+# Universal Unix Makefile for Python extensions
+# =============================================
+
+# Short Instructions
+# ------------------
+
+# 1. Build and install Python (1.4 or newer).
+# 2. "make -f Makefile.pre.in boot"
+# 3. "make"
+# You should now have a shared library.
+
+# Long Instructions
+# -----------------
+
+# Build *and install* the basic Python 1.4 distribution.  See the
+# Python README for instructions.
+
+# Create a file Setup.in for your extension.  This file follows the
+# format of the Modules/Setup.in file; see the instructions there.
+# For a simple module called "spam" on file "spammodule.c", it can
+# contain a single line:
+#   spam spammodule.c
+# You can build as many modules as you want in the same directory --
+# just have a separate line for each of them in the Setup.in file.
+
+# If you want to build your extension as a shared library, insert a
+# line containing just the string
+#   *shared*
+# at the top of your Setup.in file.
+
+# Note that the build process copies Setup.in to Setup, and then works
+# with Setup.  It doesn't overwrite Setup when Setup.in is changed, so
+# while you're in the process of debugging your Setup.in file, you may
+# want to edit Setup instead, and copy it back to Setup.in later.
+# (All this is done so you can distribute your extension easily and
+# someone else can select the modules they actually want to build by
+# commenting out lines in the Setup file, without editing the
+# original.  Editing Setup is also used to specify nonstandard
+# locations for include or library files.)
+
+# Copy this file (Misc/Makefile.pre.in) to the directory containing
+# your extension.
+
+# Run "make -f Makefile.pre.in boot".  This creates Makefile
+# (producing Makefile.pre and sedscript as intermediate files) and
+# config.c, incorporating the values for sys.prefix, sys.exec_prefix
+# and sys.version from the installed Python binary.  For this to work,
+# the python binary must be on your path.  If this fails, try
+#   make -f Makefile.pre.in Makefile VERSION=1.4 installdir=<prefix>
+# where <prefix> is the prefix used to install Python for installdir
+# (and possibly similar for exec_installdir=<exec_prefix>).
+
+# If you are building your extension as a shared library (your
+# Setup.in file starts with *shared*), run "make" or "make sharedmods"
+# to build the shared library files.  If you are building a statically
+# linked Python binary (the only solution of your platform doesn't
+# support shared libraries, and sometimes handy if you want to
+# distribute or install the resulting Python binary), run "make
+# python".
+
+# Note: Each time you edit Makefile.pre.in or Setup, you must run
+# "make Makefile" before running "make".
+
+# Hint: if you want to use VPATH, you can start in an empty
+# subdirectory and say (e.g.):
+#   make -f ../Makefile.pre.in boot srcdir=.. VPATH=..
+
+
+# === Bootstrap variables (edited through "make boot") ===
+
+# The prefix used by "make inclinstall libainstall" of core python
+installdir=	/usr/local
+
+# The exec_prefix used by the same
+exec_installdir=$(installdir)
+
+# Source directory and VPATH in case you want to use VPATH.
+# (You will have to edit these two lines yourself -- there is no
+# automatic support as the Makefile is not generated by
+# config.status.)
+srcdir=		.
+VPATH=		.
+
+# === Variables that you may want to customize (rarely) ===
+
+# Add more -I and -D options here
+CFLAGS=		$(OPT) -I$(INCLUDEPY) -I$(LIBPL) $(DEFS)
+
+# These two variables can be set in Setup to merge extensions.
+# See example[23].
+BASELIB=	
+BASESETUP=	
+
+# === Variables set by makesetup ===
+
+MODOBJS=	_MODOBJS_
+MODLIBS=	_MODLIBS_
+
+# === Definitions added by makesetup ===
+
+# === Variables from configure (through sedscript) ===
+
+VERSION=	@VERSION@
+CC=		@CC@
+OPT=		@OPT@
+LDFLAGS=	@LDFLAGS@
+DEFS=		@DEFS@
+LIBS=		@LIBS@
+LIBM=		@LIBM@
+LIBC=		@LIBC@
+RANLIB=		@RANLIB@
+MACHDEP=	@MACHDEP@
+SO=		@SO@
+LDSHARED=	@LDSHARED@
+CCSHARED=	@CCSHARED@
+LINKFORSHARED=	@LINKFORSHARED@
+
+# Install prefix for architecture-independent files
+prefix=		/usr/local
+
+# Install prefix for architecture-dependent files
+exec_prefix=	$(prefix)
+
+# === Fixed definitions ===
+
+# Expanded directories
+BINDIR=		$(exec_installdir)/bin
+LIBDIR=		$(exec_prefix)/lib
+MANDIR=		$(installdir)/man
+INCLUDEDIR=	$(installdir)/include
+SCRIPTDIR=	$(prefix)/lib
+
+# Detailed destination directories
+BINLIBDEST=	$(LIBDIR)/python$(VERSION)
+LIBDEST=	$(SCRIPTDIR)/python$(VERSION)
+INCLUDEPY=	$(INCLUDEDIR)/python$(VERSION)
+LIBP=		$(exec_installdir)/lib/python$(VERSION)
+
+LIBPL=		$(LIBP)/config
+
+PYTHONLIBS=	$(LIBPL)/libModules.a \
+		$(LIBPL)/libPython.a \
+		$(LIBPL)/libObjects.a \
+		$(LIBPL)/libParser.a
+
+MAKESETUP=	$(LIBPL)/makesetup
+MAKEFILE=	$(LIBPL)/Makefile
+CONFIGC=	$(LIBPL)/config.c
+CONFIGCIN=	$(LIBPL)/config.c.in
+SETUP=		$(LIBPL)/Setup
+
+SYSLIBS=	$(LIBM) $(LIBC)
+
+ADDOBJS=	$(LIBPL)/main.o getpath.o config.o
+
+# === Fixed rules ===
+
+# Default target.  This builds shared libraries only
+default:	sharedmods
+
+# Build everything
+all:		python sharedmods
+
+# Build shared libraries from our extension modules
+sharedmods:	$(SHAREDMODS)
+
+# Build a static Python binary containing our extension modules
+python:		$(ADDOBJS) lib.a $(PYTHONLIBS) Makefile $(BASELIB)
+		$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(ADDOBJS) lib.a $(PYTHONLIBS) \
+		 $(LINKPATH) $(BASELIB) $(MODLIBS) $(LIBS) $(SYSLIBS) -o python
+
+# Build the library containing our extension modules
+lib.a:		$(MODOBJS)
+		-rm -f lib.a
+		ar cr lib.a $(MODOBJS)
+		-$(RANLIB) lib.a || \
+		echo "don't worry if ranlib fails -- probably SYSV or equiv"
+
+# This runs makesetup *twice* to use the BASESETUP definition from Setup
+config.c Makefile:	Makefile.pre Setup $(BASESETUP) $(MAKESETUP)
+		$(MAKESETUP) \
+		 -m Makefile.pre -c $(CONFIGCIN) Setup -n $(BASESETUP) $(SETUP)
+		$(MAKE) -f Makefile do-it-again
+
+# Internal target to run makesetup for the second time
+do-it-again:
+		$(MAKESETUP) \
+		 -m Makefile.pre -c $(CONFIGCIN) Setup -n $(BASESETUP) $(SETUP)
+
+# Make config.o from the config.c created by makesetup
+config.o:	config.c
+		$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c config.c
+
+# Make our own private getpath.o from the installed source and our PYTHONPATH
+getpath.o:	$(LIBPL)/getpath.c Makefile
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DPYTHONPATH=\"$(PYTHONPATH)\" -c $(LIBPL)/getpath.c
+
+# Setup is copied from Setup.in *only* if it doesn't yet exist
+Setup:
+		cp $(srcdir)/Setup.in Setup
+
+# Make the intermediate Makefile.pre from Makefile.pre.in
+Makefile.pre: Makefile.pre.in sedscript
+		sed -f sedscript $(srcdir)/Makefile.pre.in >Makefile.pre
+
+# Shortcuts to make the sed arguments on one line
+P=prefix
+E=exec_prefix
+H=Generated automatically from Makefile.pre.in by sedscript.
+L=LINKFORSHARED
+
+# Make the sed script used to create Makefile.pre from Makefile.pre.in
+sedscript:	$(MAKEFILE)
+	sed -n \
+	 -e '1s/.*/1i\\/p' \
+	 -e '2s%.*%# $H%p' \
+	 -e '/^VERSION=/s/^VERSION=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@VERSION[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^CC=/s/^CC=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@CC[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^OPT=/s/^OPT=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@OPT[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^LDFLAGS=/s/^LDFLAGS=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@LDFLAGS[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^DEFS=/s/^DEFS=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@DEFS[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^LIBS=/s/^LIBS=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@LIBS[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^LIBM=/s/^LIBM=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@LIBM[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^LIBC=/s/^LIBC=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@LIBC[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^RANLIB=/s/^RANLIB=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@RANLIB[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^MACHDEP=/s/^MACHDEP=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@MACHDEP[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^SO=/s/^SO=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@SO[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^LDSHARED=/s/^LDSHARED=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@LDSHARED[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^CCSHARED=/s/^CCSHARED=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@CCSHARED[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^$L=/s/^$L=[ 	]*\(.*\)/s%@$L[@]%\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^$P=/s/^$P=\(.*\)/s%^$P=.*%$P=\1%/p' \
+	 -e '/^$E=/s/^$E=\(.*\)/s%^$E=.*%$E=\1%/p' \
+	 $(MAKEFILE) >sedscript
+	echo "/^installdir=/s%=.*%=	$(installdir)%" >>sedscript
+	echo "/^exec_installdir=/s%=.*%=$(exec_installdir)%" >>sedscript
+	echo "/^srcdir=/s%=.*%=		$(srcdir)%" >>sedscript
+	echo "/^VPATH=/s%=.*%=		$(VPATH)%" >>sedscript
+	echo "/^LINKPATH=/s%=.*%=	$(LINKPATH)%" >>sedscript
+	echo "/^BASELIB=/s%=.*%=	$(BASELIB)%" >>sedscript
+	echo "/^BASESETUP=/s%=.*%=	$(BASESETUP)%" >>sedscript
+
+# Bootstrap target
+boot:
+	VERSION=`python -c "import sys; print sys.version[:3]"`; \
+	installdir=`python -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"`; \
+	exec_installdir=`python -c "import sys; print sys.exec_prefix"`; \
+	make -f Makefile.pre.in Makefile VPATH=$(VPATH) srcdir=$(srcdir) \
+		VERSION=$$VERSION \
+		installdir=$$installdir \
+		exec_installdir=$$exec_installdir
+
+# Handy target to remove intermediate files and backups
+clean:
+		-rm -f *.o *~
+
+# Handy target to remove everything that is easily regenerated
+clobber:	clean
+		-rm -f *.a tags TAGS config.c Makefile.pre python sedscript
+		-rm -f *.so *.sl so_locations
+
+
+# Handy target to remove everything you don't want to distribute
+distclean:	clobber
+		-rm -f Makefile Setup
diff --git a/Misc/README b/Misc/README
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--- a/Misc/README
+++ b/Misc/README
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 HPUX-NOTES	Notes about dynamic loading under HP-UX
 HYPE		More hype about Python
 Makefile	Used for administrative chores like cleaning up
+Makefile.pre.in	Template for building extensions (static or dynamic)
 NEWS		News for this release
 README		The file you're reading now
 RFD		Request For Discussion about a Python newsgroup