Building Python Statically
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This page is a placeholder until MicahElliott (or anyone) figures out all the steps to make this work.
This page describes the steps required to build Python statically, derived from [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/eba7c323a0221b97?hl=en#3314cbe8234de6c5 this thread]. It presently covers Linux, but many of the same steps apply to other OSs. The goal is to get ldd to say:
$ ldd /path/to/bin/python not a dynamic executable
Note that the --disable-shared option is not related to building Python statically.
There is a file called Modules/Setup.local which is designed for customizing how modules are built.
GCC (and LD) offer a -static option to create static executables.
It would be nice to have a --enable-all-static option in the configure script which would take care of all this for you. For an example, try building [http://subversion.tigris.org Subversion].