diff -Nuard avifile-0.7-0.7.38.orig/configure.in avifile-0.7-0.7.38/configure.in
--- avifile-0.7-0.7.38.orig/configure.in	2003-07-10 13:15:54.000000000 +0200
+++ avifile-0.7-0.7.38/configure.in	2003-10-18 12:19:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -902,10 +902,10 @@
     FFMPEG_CFLAGS=`echo $FFMPEG_CFLAGS | sed s/-g//`
 fi
 
-lt_major_version=`libtool --version 2>&1 | sed 's/\(.*\ \)\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)\(\ .*\)/\2/'`
-lt_minor_version=`echo $lt_major_version | cut -d . -f 2`
-lt_micro_version=`echo $lt_major_version | cut -d . -f 3`
-lt_major_version=`echo $lt_major_version | cut -d . -f 1`
+dnl lt_major_version=`libtool --version 2>&1 | sed 's/\(.*\ \)\([[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\.[[0-9]]*\)\(\ .*\)/\2/'`
+dnl lt_minor_version=`echo $lt_major_version | cut -d . -f 2`
+dnl lt_micro_version=`echo $lt_major_version | cut -d . -f 3`
+dnl lt_major_version=`echo $lt_major_version | cut -d . -f 1`
 dnl echo LT  $lt_major_version $lt_minor_version $lt_micro_version
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(AMM_USE_QT, test x$with_qt = xyes )
@@ -934,7 +934,8 @@
 AM_CONDITIONAL(AMM_USE_VIDIX, test x$enable_vidix = xyes )
 AM_CONDITIONAL(AMM_USE_LINUX, test x$enable_linux = xyes )
 AM_CONDITIONAL(AMM_USE_FAST_BUILD, test x$enable_fast_build = xyes )
-AM_CONDITIONAL(AMM_LINK_SHARED, test $lt_major_version -ge 1 -a $lt_minor_version -ge 4 -a $lt_micro_version -ge 3 )
+dnl AM_CONDITIONAL(AMM_LINK_SHARED, test $lt_major_version -ge 1 -a $lt_minor_version -ge 4 -a $lt_micro_version -ge 3 )
+AM_CONDITIONAL(AMM_LINK_SHARED, true)
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(AMM_FF_A52BIN, test x$enable_ffmpeg_a52bin = xyes)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(AMM_FF_FAAD, test x$have_faad = xyes )