Steve Langasek wrote: [] > There are really only four commands we need for any given platform: > * compile a .c file into a PIC object suitable for further linking > * link a shared library > * link a DSO (pam module) > * link a static library What's the difference between "shared library" (2nd) and "DSO (pam module)" (3rd) cases? This is the same IMHO, so only 3 commands needed, and having in mind that last one (static lib) isn't of a big interest, only 2 finally (btw, last one is already known -- this is more-or-less-standard `ar'). Regards, Michael.