--- src/Makefile.in.org	2020-10-07 11:02:28 +0000
+++ src/Makefile.in	2020-10-07 11:09:41 +0000
@@ -150,7 +150,11 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 all: static elf
 static: $(OBJDIR_TSTAMP) $(CONFIG_H) $(OBJDIR_NORMAL_LIB) $(OTHERSTUFF)
+#ifndef _AIX
 elf: $(ELFDIR_TSTAMP) $(CONFIG_H) $(ELFDIR_ELF_LIB)
+#else
+elf: $(ELFDIR_TSTAMP) $(CONFIG_H) $(ELFDIR_ELF_LIB) libslang.a
+#endif
 
 $(OBJDIR_NORMAL_LIB): $(OBJDIR_TSTAMP) $(CONFIG_H) $(OBJS)
 	-$(RM) $(OBJDIR_NORMAL_LIB)
@@ -161,6 +165,9 @@
 
 $(ELFDIR_ELF_LIB): $(ELFDIR) $(CONFIG_H) $(ELFOBJS) $(VERSION_SCRIPT)
 	-$(RM) $(ELFDIR_ELF_LIB)
+	#ifdef _AIX
+		-$(RM) $(ELFDIR)/libslang.a
+	#endif
 	cd $(ELFDIR) && $(ELF_LINK_CMD) -o $(ELFLIB_BUILD_NAME) $(OFILES) $(LDFLAGS) $(ELF_DEP_LIBS)
 	if [ $(ELFLIB_MAJOR) != $(ELFLIB_BUILD_NAME) ]; then \
 	  cd $(ELFDIR) && $(RM) $(ELFLIB_MAJOR) && $(LN) $(ELFLIB_BUILD_NAME) $(ELFLIB_MAJOR); \
@@ -170,6 +177,13 @@
 	@echo $(ELFLIB_BUILD_NAME) created in $(ELFDIR).
 	@echo The link $(ELFLIB) to $(ELFLIB_BUILD_NAME) was also created.
 	@echo ""
+
+libslang.a:
+	cd $(ELFDIR) && ${AR} -v -q $@  $(ELFLIB) $(ELFLIB_BUILD_NAME) $(ELFLIB_MAJOR)
+	@echo removing $(ELFLIB) $(ELFLIB_BUILD_NAME) $(ELFLIB_MAJOR)
+	cd $(ELFDIR) && $(RM) $(ELFLIB) $(ELFLIB_BUILD_NAME) $(ELFLIB_MAJOR)
+
+
 $(OBJDIR_TSTAMP) :
 	-$(MKINSDIR) $(OBJDIR)
 	touch $(OBJDIR_TSTAMP)
@@ -203,6 +217,7 @@
 	@echo installing $(OBJDIR_NORMAL_LIB) in $(DEST_LIBDIR)/
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(OBJDIR_NORMAL_LIB) $(DEST_LIBDIR)/
 	$(RANLIB) $(DEST_LIBDIR)/$(NORMAL_LIB)
+#ifndef _AIX
 install-elf-and-links:
 	-$(RM) $(DEST_LIBDIR)/$(ELFLIB)
 	-$(RM) $(DEST_LIBDIR)/$(ELFLIB_MAJOR)
@@ -214,6 +229,11 @@
 	@echo $(ELFLIB_BUILD_NAME) created in $(DEST_LIBDIR).
 	@echo The links $(ELFLIB) and $(ELFLIB_MAJOR) to $(ELFLIB_BUILD_NAME) were also created.
 	@echo ""
+#else
+install-elf-and-links:
+	@echo installing  libslang.a in $(DEST_LIBDIR)
+	$(INSTALL) $(ELFDIR)/libslang.a $(DEST_LIBDIR)
+#endif
 # On cygwin, the DLL must be installed in the bin directory and the import-lib
 # goes in the lib directory
 install-elf-cygwin: