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+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+
+[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable
+id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
+document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or
+any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant
+Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license
+is included in the section entitled
+[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+
+## Howto write a Hurd library
+
+Build the Hurd sources:
+------------------------
+
+Refer to this [[hurd/building/example]].
+
+Create the library files:
+----------------------
+
+Create a directory, say, libhello in the Hurd sources directory. 
+
+Create a lhello.h header file:
+
+    /* lhello.h - Example library header file.
+       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+       Written by Shakthi Kannan <shaks@shakthimaan.com>.
+    
+       This file is part of the GNU Hurd.
+    
+       The GNU Hurd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+       modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+       published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
+       your option) any later version.
+    
+       The GNU Hurd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+       General Public License for more details.
+    
+       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+       along with the GNU Hurd; if not, write to the Free Software
+       Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+    
+    #ifndef _HURD_HELLO_H
+    #define _HURD_HELLO_H	1
+    
+    struct hello
+    {
+      int x;
+    };
+    
+    #endif	/* _HURD_HELLO_H */
+
+Replace filename, year, author name and e-mail address appropriately.
+
+Create a lhello.c file:
+
+    /* lhello.c - Example library .c file.
+       Copyright (C) 2006
+       Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+       Written by Shakthi Kannan <shaks@shakthimaan.com>.
+       
+       This file is part of the GNU Hurd.
+    
+       The GNU Hurd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+       it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+       the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+       any later version.
+    
+       The GNU Hurd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+       but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+       GNU General Public License for more details.
+    
+       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+       along with the GNU Hurd; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+       the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+    
+    #include "lhello.h"
+    
+    void 
+    print_hello (void)
+    {
+      struct hello example;
+      example.x = 2;
+      printf ("foo and bar are %d words!\n", example.x);
+    } 
+
+Replace header file year, author name and e-mail address appropriately.
+
+Create a Makefile
+
+    #
+    #   Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+    #
+    #   This file is part of the GNU Hurd.
+    #
+    #   The GNU Hurd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+    #   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+    #   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
+    #   your option) any later version.
+    #
+    #   The GNU Hurd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+    #   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    #   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+    #   General Public License for more details.
+    #
+    #   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    #   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    #   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+    
+    dir := libhello
+    makemode := library
+    
+    libname := libhello
+    SRCS = lhello.c
+    installhdrs = lhello.h
+    LCLHDRS = $(installhdrs)
+    
+    OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
+    
+    include ../Makeconf
+
+Update the Makeconf file:
+
+Add libhello to lib-subdirs target in the top-level Makefile in the Hurd
+sources.
+
+    cd build
+    ../configure
+    make
+
+Testing the library
+-------------------
+
+Write a file, say, foo.c:
+
+    /* foo.c */
+    
+    #define _GNU_SOURCE
+    
+    int
+    main (int argc, char *argv[])
+    {
+      print_hello();
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+Static compilation and linking method:
+
+    gcc -g -o foo foo.c -L/path/to/libhello -lhello -static
+
+Run the example:
+
+    ./foo
+
+Compilation and dynamic linking method:
+
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/path/to/libhello
+    gcc -g -o foo foo.c -L/path/to/libhello -lhello
+
+where /path/to/libhello = /path/to/hurd/build/libhello
+
+Run the example:
+
+    ./foo