diff -Naur dumb.orig/Makefile dumb/Makefile
--- dumb.orig/Makefile	2003-04-03 16:34:18.000000000 -0800
+++ dumb/Makefile	2004-07-06 14:43:38.158063165 -0700
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@
 ALLEGRO_EXAMPLES_EXE := $(addprefix examples/, $(notdir $(patsubst %.c, %$(EXE_SUFFIX), $(ALLEGRO_EXAMPLES))))
 
 
-CORE_LIB_FILE_RELEASE := $(LIBDIR)/libdumb.a
-ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE_RELEASE := $(LIBDIR)/libaldmb.a
+CORE_LIB_FILE_RELEASE := $(LIBDIR)/libdumb.so
+ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE_RELEASE := $(LIBDIR)/libaldmb.so
 
-CORE_LIB_FILE_DEBUG := $(LIBDIR)/libdumbd.a
-ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE_DEBUG := $(LIBDIR)/libaldmd.a
+CORE_LIB_FILE_DEBUG := $(LIBDIR)/libdumbd.so
+ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE_DEBUG := $(LIBDIR)/libaldmd.so
 
 
 core: $(CORE_LIB_FILE_RELEASE) $(CORE_LIB_FILE_DEBUG)
@@ -272,22 +272,22 @@
 
 OBJDIR := $(OBJDIR_BASE)/release
 CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS_RELEASE)
-CORE_LIB_FILE := $(LIBDIR)/libdumb.a
-ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE := $(LIBDIR)/libaldmb.a
+CORE_LIB_FILE := $(LIBDIR)/libdumb.so
+ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE := $(LIBDIR)/libaldmb.so
 include make/Makefile.inc
 
 OBJDIR := $(OBJDIR_BASE)/debug
 CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS_DEBUG)
-CORE_LIB_FILE := $(LIBDIR)/libdumbd.a
-ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE := $(LIBDIR)/libaldmd.a
+CORE_LIB_FILE := $(LIBDIR)/libdumbd.so
+ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE := $(LIBDIR)/libaldmd.so
 include make/Makefile.inc
 
 
 $(CORE_EXAMPLES_EXE): examples/%$(EXE_SUFFIX): examples/%.o $(CORE_LIB_FILE_RELEASE)
-	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LINK_MATH)
+	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LINK_MATH)
 
 $(ALLEGRO_EXAMPLES_EXE): examples/%$(EXE_SUFFIX): examples/%.o $(ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE_RELEASE) $(CORE_LIB_FILE_RELEASE)
-	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LINK_ALLEGRO)
+	$(CC) $^ -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LINK_ALLEGRO)
 
 $(CORE_EXAMPLES_OBJ): examples/%.o: examples/%.c include/dumb.h
 	$(CC) -c $< -o $@ $(CFLAGS_RELEASE)
diff -Naur dumb.orig/make/Makefile.inc dumb/make/Makefile.inc
--- dumb.orig/make/Makefile.inc	2003-04-03 16:34:18.000000000 -0800
+++ dumb/make/Makefile.inc	2004-07-06 14:37:13.082037585 -0700
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 # accurately, create a local copy of the current CFLAGS variable. This is
 # necessary because Make doesn't expand variables in commands until they are
 # executed.
-$(CORE_LIB_FILE): CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS)
-$(ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE): CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS)
+$(CORE_LIB_FILE): CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -DPIC
+$(ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE): CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -DPIC
 
 
 $(OBJDIR)/%.o: src/core/%.c include/dumb.h include/internal/dumb.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS) $(WFLAGS_ALLEGRO)
 
 $(CORE_LIB_FILE): $(CORE_OBJECTS)
-	$(AR) rs $@ $^
+	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-shared,-soname,$(shell basename $@) $^ -lm
 
 $(ALLEGRO_LIB_FILE): $(ALLEGRO_OBJECTS)
-	$(AR) rs $@ $^
+	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-shared,-soname,$(shell basename $@) $^ -ldumb