How to generate libpython2.2.so ?

[Nadav Horesh]

I compiled python 2.2.2 under RedHat 8.0 with gcc 3.2.1 using the simple 
./configure; make combination. It all went smoothly and seems to work 
well, but it does not generate libpython2.2.so, although other shared 
libraries were generated.

I looked at the README and the configure --help option but found no hints.
Any ideas?

  Thanks,
     Nadav.