[PATCH] Change how samba (3_0) builds libsmbclient

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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On Sun, 26 Jan 2003 Paul_GreenVOS at vos.stratus.com wrote:

> The following patch changes the build process for samba (3_0) to
> build libsmbclient.so if and only if the operating system
> supports shared libraries.  Today the build process tries to
> build libsmbclient.so even when the configure script has already
> determined that shared libraries aren't supported.
> 
> In the case where libsmbclient.so is requested, either
> explicitly or implicitly and cannot be built, the script
> substitutes libsmbclient.a.
> 
> As before, if libsmbclient is suppressed
> (--without-libsmbclient), then neither file is built.
> 
> I have tested this patch on Stratus VOS (which does not support
> shared libraries) and on Solaris 2.8 (which does support them).
> Samba (3_0) configures and builds as expected on each system.
> 
> I looked in vain for any mention of libsmbclient in the
> documentation files, so I'm not proposing any documentation
> changes.

I think this is ok.  I'm testing it locally and will apply it to 
HEAD/SAMBA_3_0 later today if all goes well.

Thanks Paul.


cheers, jerry
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