Re: Fix needed in 5.0.2 Makefile

[Reuben Thomas <rrt@...>]

> On 9 Mar 2004 at 12:13, Reuben Thomas wrote:
>
> > +	$(CC) $(MYCFLAGS) -o lib/liblua.so.$V -shared src/*.o
> > +	$(CC) $(MYCFLAGS) -o lib/liblualib.so.$V -shared src/lib/*.o -lm -ldl -llua
> >  	cd lib; ln -fs liblua.so.$V liblua.so; ln -fs liblualib.so.$V liblualib.so
> >
> >  # binaries using shared libraries
> > --- cut here ---
> >
> > To remind readers, what this does is make the shared libraries be linked
> > dynamically against all their dependencies (rather than statically as
> > with the original version).
>
> > Since this fix is Linux-specific (the so rule is only intended for Linux)
> > it doesn't need testing on other platforms.
>
> shared libraries are also supported on *BSD :))

The point was that this makefile rule specifically says it's only designed
to work on Linux. If someone would like to check and/or change it so it
works on other OSs, that would be great.

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