Steve Langasek [mailto:vorlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] suggests: > Sometimes, it's useful to be able to build (and install) > static libraries even on platforms that support shared > libraries. The attached patch brings in a few macros from > libtool's aclocal.m4, to add --enable-shared and > --enable-static options to configure as a step in this > direction.
As the person who most recently touched this logic, I support such an addition. Making this logic explicit and controllable would be a lot more transparent than the current detective work (not that you could entirely eliminate that however). Thanks PG -- Paul Green, Senior Technical Consultant, Stratus Technologies. Day: +1 978-461-7557; FAX: +1 978-461-3610 Speaking from Stratus not for Stratus
