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
@@ -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 )