diff -urNp libowfat-0.28/GNUmakefile.shared libowfat-0.28/GNUmakefile
--- libowfat-0.28/GNUmakefile.shared	2006-07-16 01:17:01.000000000 +0200
+++ libowfat-0.28/GNUmakefile	2009-08-29 22:40:07.250637731 +0200
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ LIBS=byte.a fmt.a scan.a str.a uint.a op
 buffer.a mmap.a taia.a tai.a dns.a case.a mult.a array.a io.a \
 textcode.a cdb.a
 
-all: t $(LIBS) libowfat.a libsocket
+all: t $(LIBS) libowfat.so libsocket
 
 CROSS=
 #CROSS=i686-mingw-
 CC=$(CROSS)gcc
-CFLAGS=-pipe -W -Wall -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer
+CFLAGS=-pipe -W -Wall -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC
 #CFLAGS=-pipe -Os -march=pentiumpro -mcpu=pentiumpro -fomit-frame-pointer -fschedule-insns2 -Wall
 
 # CFLAGS += -fstrict-aliasing -Wstrict-aliasing=2
@@ -131,9 +131,8 @@ $(SOCKET_OBJS) $(BUFFER_OBJS) $(MMAP_OBJ
 $(TAIA_OBJS) $(TAI_OBJS) $(CASE_OBJS) $(ARRAY_OBJS) $(MULT_OBJS) \
 $(IO_OBJS) $(CDB_OBJS)
 
-libowfat.a: $(ALL_OBJS)
-	$(CROSS)ar cr $@ $(ALL_OBJS)
-	-$(CROSS)ranlib $@
+libowfat.so: $(ALL_OBJS)
+	$(CROSS)gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libowfat.so.$(MAJOR) -o $@.$(VERSION) $(ALL_OBJS)
 
 CFLAGS+=-I.
 
@@ -146,8 +145,8 @@ CFLAGS+=-I.
 
 t.o: iopause.h
 
-t: t.o libowfat.a libsocket
-	$(DIET) $(CC) -g -o $@ t.o libowfat.a `cat libsocket`
+t: t.o libowfat.so libsocket
+	$(DIET) $(CC) -g -o $@ t.o libowfat.so.$(VERSION) `cat libsocket`
 
 .PHONY: all clean tar install rename
 clean:
@@ -160,27 +159,27 @@ INCLUDES=buffer.h byte.h fmt.h ip4.h ip6
 uint16.h uint32.h uint64.h open.h textcode.h tai.h taia.h dns.h iopause.h case.h \
 openreadclose.h readclose.h ndelay.h array.h io.h safemult.h iob.h havealloca.h \
 errmsg.h cdb.h cdb_make.h rangecheck.h
+VERSION=$(shell head -n 1 CHANGES|sed 's/://')
+MAJOR=$(shell echo $(VERSION)|sed 's/\..*//')
+CURNAME=$(notdir $(shell pwd))
 
-install: libowfat.a
+install: libowfat.so
 	install -d $(INCLUDEDIR) $(MAN3DIR) $(LIBDIR)
 	install -m 644 $(INCLUDES) $(INCLUDEDIR)
 	install -m 644 $(wildcard */*.3) $(MAN3DIR)
-	install -m 644 libowfat.a $(LIBDIR)
+	install -m 644 libowfat.so.$(VERSION) $(LIBDIR)
 
 uninstall:
 	rm -f $(patsubst %.h,$(INCLUDEDIR)/%.h,$(INCLUDES))
 	rm -f $(patsubst %.3,$(MAN3DIR)/%.3,$(notdir $(wildcard */*.3)))
-	rm -f $(LIBDIR)/libowfat.a
-
-VERSION=libowfat-$(shell head -n 1 CHANGES|sed 's/://')
-CURNAME=$(notdir $(shell pwd))
+	rm -f $(LIBDIR)/libowfat.so.$(VERSION)
 
 tar: Makefile clean rename
 	rm -f dep libdep
-	cd ..; tar cvvf $(VERSION).tar.bz2 --use=bzip2 --exclude CVS $(VERSION)
+	cd ..; tar cvvf libowfat-$(VERSION).tar.bz2 --use=bzip2 --exclude CVS libowfat-$(VERSION)
 
 rename:
-	if test $(CURNAME) != $(VERSION); then cd .. && mv $(CURNAME) $(VERSION); fi
+	if test $(CURNAME) != libowfat-$(VERSION); then cd .. && mv $(CURNAME) libowfat-$(VERSION); fi
 
 haveip6.h: tryip6.c
 	-rm -f $@