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
