From 9208909612476284c69503419b42c24368296fcc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Hellings <greg.hellings@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:08:12 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Enable shared lib through configure on Windows

This helps to enable Windows build targets to use the configure script,
setting the proper extension for the shared libraries and setting the
library name to match its name on other systems.
---
 configure | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4e6c8d85b8..7c0a787ea1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ if test "$gcc" -eq 1 && ($cc -c $test.c) >> configure.log 2>&1; then
         echo "If this doesn't work for you, try win32/Makefile.gcc." | tee -a configure.log
         LDSHARED=${LDSHARED-"$cc -shared"}
         LDSHAREDLIBC=""
+        shared_ext='.dll'
+        SHAREDLIB='libz.dll'
         EXE='.exe' ;;
   QNX*) # This is for QNX6. I suppose that the QNX rule below is for QNX2,QNX4
         # (alain.bonnefoy@icbt.com)