cd ext/$pname
-# check link type and do any preliminaries
+# check link type and do any preliminaries. Valid link types are
+# 'dynamic', 'static', and 'static_pic' (the last one respects
+# CCCDLFLAGS such as -fPIC -- see static_target in the main Makefile.SH)
case "$target" in
- # convert 'static' or 'dynamic' into 'all LINKTYPE=XXX'
+dynamic) makeargs="LINKTYPE=dynamic";
+ target=all
+ ;;
static) makeargs="LINKTYPE=static CCCDLFLAGS="
target=all
;;
-dynamic) makeargs="LINKTYPE=dynamic";
+static_pic) makeargs="LINKTYPE=static"
target=all
;;
-
nonxs) makeargs="";
target=all
;;