Shared libraries also work on GNU/Hurd. Suggested by Matthias Klose.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fdc2508..4478ede 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
#! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.335 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.337 .
# Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53.
#
@@ -3136,7 +3136,7 @@
BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,-rpath,$(LIBDIR) -L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
;;
- Linux*)
+ Linux*|GNU*)
LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH