On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Alon Bar-Lev <alon.bar...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Arne Schwabe <schw...@uni-paderborn.de> > wrote: >> Am 11.05.12 20:56, schrieb Gert Doering: >>> Changing the build environment to build a shared library out of openvpn >>> is something I do not fully understand yet, though - and don't view >>> a particular useful goal right now. >> The shared library is not used as real shared library. I build >> libopenvpn as complete library and then build a miniature executable >> that calls the main method of the shared library and therefore exactly >> behaves like openvpn as executable. >> >> The reason for this is that libraries are managed by the android package >> system. For executables I have to carry them as data files and write >> them to a cache partition. By putting the main code into the library I >> can minimise the amount of data that is written twice to the /data >> parition on Android. >> >> The building as library and using android build system should seen as >> something that is useful for my particular Android application and not >> as a general thing or requirement. >> >> Arne >> > > I would like you to try to do so using libtool... > > Just replace: > --- > sbin_PROGRAMS = openvpn > openvpn_SOURCES = .... > --- > with: > --- > lib_LTLIBRARIES = openvpn.la > openvpn_la_SOURCES = ... > openvpn_la_LDFLAGS = \ > -module -shared -avoid-version -no-undefined > --- > > And add -Dmain=openvpn_main to AM_CFLAGS. > > Alon.
You should also change: --- openvpn_LDADD = ... --- to: --- openvpn_la_LDADD = ... ---
