It'd be pretty straightforward to tweak the build system to generate both static and dynamically linked executables, or to have an option for it. The automake stuff is designed for exactly that kind of thing and makes it really easy.
- Bug#710440: upstream now provides a library Graham Percival
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- Bug#710440: upstream now provides a library Graham Percival