1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/init.cfg b/init.cfg
index af3963c72..6a9b004ff 100644
--- a/init.cfg
+++ b/init.cfg
@@ -500,13 +500,26 @@ require_sparse_support_()
   fi
 }
 
+# Compile a shared lib using the GCC options for doing so.
+# Pass input and output file as parameters respectively.
+# Any other optional parmeters are passed to $CC.
+gcc_shared_()
+{
+  local in=$1
+  local out=$2
+  shift 2 || return 1
+
+  $CC -Wall -shared --std=gnu99 -fPIC -ldl -O2 $* "$in" -o "$out"
+}
+
 # There are a myriad of ways to build shared libs,
 # so we only consider running tests requiring shared libs,
 # on platforms that support building them as follows.
 require_gcc_shared_()
 {
-  $CC -shared -fPIC -O2 -xc -o d.so -ldl - < /dev/null 2>&1 \
+  gcc_shared_ '-' 'd.so' -xc < /dev/null 2>&1 \
     || skip_ '$CC -shared ... failed to build a shared lib'
+  rm -f d.so
 }
 
 mkfifo_or_skip_()