shared libraries, default action again

configure

@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ Optional Features:
   --disable-option-checking  ignore unrecognized --enable/--with options
   --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
   --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
-  --enable-shared[=PKGS]  build shared libraries [default=no]
+  --enable-shared[=PKGS]  build shared libraries [default=yes]
   --enable-static[=PKGS]  build static libraries [default=yes]
   --enable-fast-install[=PKGS]
                           optimize for fast installation [default=yes]
@@ -4467,6 +4467,15 @@ test -z "$INSTALL_SCRIPT" && INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
 test -z "$INSTALL_DATA" && INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
 
 
+BUILD_SHARED=""
+
+case $host in #(
+  *-apple-*) :
+    BUILD_SHARED="disable-shared" ;; #(
+  *) :
+
+ ;;
+esac
 case `pwd` in
   *\ * | *\	*)
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Libtool does not cope well with whitespace in \`pwd\`" >&5
@@ -8427,14 +8436,21 @@ func_stripname_cnf ()
   esac
 } # func_stripname_cnf
 
-case $host in #(
-  *-apple-*) :
 
 
 
 
 # Set options
-# Check whether --enable-shared was given.
+
+
+
+        enable_dlopen=no
+
+
+  enable_win32_dll=no
+
+
+            # Check whether --enable-shared was given.
 if test "${enable_shared+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_shared; p=${PACKAGE-default}
     case $enableval in
@@ -8454,7 +8470,7 @@ if test "${enable_shared+set}" = set; then :
       ;;
     esac
 else
-  enable_shared=no
+  enable_shared=yes
 fi
 
 
@@ -8465,14 +8481,6 @@ fi
 
 
 
-
-        enable_dlopen=no
-
-
-  enable_win32_dll=no
-
-
-
   # Check whether --enable-static was given.
 if test "${enable_static+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_static; p=${PACKAGE-default}
@@ -16068,11 +16076,7 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 
 # Only expand once:
 
- ;; #(
-  *) :
 
- ;;
-esac
 
 
 

configure.ac

@@ -52,11 +52,7 @@ dnl AC_MSG_RESULT(ok)
 
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
 
-dnl disable shared libraries on MacOS... sigh
-AS_CASE([$host],
-	[*-apple-*], [LT_INIT([disable-shared])],
-	[LT_INIT]
-)
+LT_INIT
 
 AC_SUBST(LIBTOOL_DEPS)