diff -ur bind-4.9.4-P1/Makefile bind-4.9.4-P1.LNX-shared-ELF/Makefile
--- bind-4.9.4-P1/Makefile	Mon Aug  5 16:31:21 1996
+++ bind-4.9.4-P1.LNX-shared-ELF/Makefile	Sun Oct 13 17:43:03 1996
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 DESTDIR =
 
 INCL = include
-RES = res/libresolv.a
+RES = res/libresolv.so
 COMPLIB = compat/lib/lib44bsd.a
 
 # The default build parameters are given for 4.4 BSD.  They should
@@ -110,16 +110,16 @@
 
 #(Linux - on modern systems, all you need to do is rename or remove
 # compat/include/sys/cdefs.h.  See doc/info/Linux for more information.)
-#CC = gcc $(CPPFLAGS)
-#CDEBUG = -g
-#CPPFLAGS = -DSYSV
-#LIBS = -lfl
-#DESTEXEC = /usr/sbin
-#DESTMAN = /usr/man
-#DESTHELP = /usr/lib
-#CATEXT = $$$$N
-#PS = ps -p
-#IOT = IOT
+CC = gcc $(CPPFLAGS)
+CDEBUG = -g
+CPPFLAGS = -DSYSV
+LIBS = -lfl
+DESTEXEC = /usr/sbin
+DESTMAN = /usr/man
+DESTHELP = /usr/lib
+CATEXT = $$$$N
+PS = ps -p
+IOT = IOT
 
 #(CRAY)
 #CDEBUG = -g
Only in bind-4.9.4-P1/compat/include/sys: cdefs.h
diff -ur bind-4.9.4-P1/named/Makefile bind-4.9.4-P1.LNX-shared-ELF/named/Makefile
--- bind-4.9.4-P1/named/Makefile	Fri Dec 22 18:20:31 1995
+++ bind-4.9.4-P1.LNX-shared-ELF/named/Makefile	Sun Oct 13 17:37:33 1996
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
 COMPINCL = ../compat/include
 INCL=	../include
-RES=	../res/libresolv.a
+RES=	../res/libresolv.so
 DESTSBIN = ${DESTDIR}/usr/sbin
 DESTEXEC = ${DESTDIR}/usr/libexec
 PIDDIR = /var/run
diff -ur bind-4.9.4-P1/res/Makefile bind-4.9.4-P1.LNX-shared-ELF/res/Makefile
--- bind-4.9.4-P1/res/Makefile	Mon Aug  5 16:31:35 1996
+++ bind-4.9.4-P1.LNX-shared-ELF/res/Makefile	Sun Oct 13 18:19:16 1996
@@ -68,10 +68,11 @@
 DEFS=	
 LOCDEFS= -DUSE_OPTIONS_H
 INSTALL= install
+LDSHARED= gcc -shared -Wl,-soname
 
 AROBJS= ${ARPREF} ${OBJS} ${ARSUFF}
 
-CFLAGS=	${CDEBUG} -I${INCL} -I${COMPINCL} ${DEFS} ${LOCDEFS}
+CFLAGS=	${CDEBUG} -I${INCL} -I${COMPINCL} ${DEFS} ${LOCDEFS} -fPIC
 
 SRCS=	herror.c res_debug.c res_data.c \
 	res_comp.c res_init.c res_mkquery.c res_query.c res_send.c \
@@ -85,17 +86,18 @@
 	gethnamaddr.o sethostent.o nsap_addr.o hostnamelen.o \
 	inet_addr.o inet_ntop.o inet_pton.o
 
-all: libresolv.a
+all: libresolv.so
 
-libresolv.a: ${OBJS}
-	${AR} libresolv.a ${AROBJS}
-	$(RANLIB) libresolv.a
+libresolv.so:	libresolv.so.${VER}
 
-install: ${DESTDIR}${DESTLIB}/libresolv.a
-
-${DESTDIR}${DESTLIB}/libresolv.a: libresolv.a
-	${INSTALL} -c -o bin -g bin -m 644 libresolv.a ${DESTDIR}${DESTLIB}/
-	( cd ${DESTDIR}${DESTLIB} ; $(RANLIB) libresolv.a )
+libresolv.so.${VER}: ${OBJS}
+	${LDSHARED},libresolv.so.4 -o libresolv.so.${VER} ${OBJS}
+	rm -f libresolv.so; ln -s $@ libresolv.so
+
+install: libresolv.so.${VER}
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}${DESTLIB}/libresolv.so ${DESTDIR}${DESTLIB}/libresolv.so.${VER}
+	${INSTALL} -c -o bin -g bin -m 644 libresolv.so.${VER} ${DESTDIR}${DESTLIB}/
+	ln -s ${DESTDIR}${DESTLIB}/libresolv.so.${VER} ${DESTDIR}${DESTLIB}/libresolv.so; ldconfig 
 
 .c.o:
 	${CC} ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -c $*.c
@@ -103,8 +105,8 @@
 	${LDS} mv a.out $*.o
 
 clean: FRC
-	rm -f errs a.out core libresolv.a tags .depend
-	rm -f *.o *.BAK *.CKP *~ *.orig
+	rm -f errs a.out core tags .depend
+	rm -f *.o *.BAK *.CKP *~ *.orig libresolv.so*
 
 depend: FRC
 	mkdep ${CPPFLAGS} -I${INCL} -I${COMPINCL} ${DEFS} ${SRCS}