1 files changed, 7 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/zlib.xml b/chapter06/zlib.xml
index 6a4eadbc0..ddddad00b 100644
--- a/chapter06/zlib.xml
+++ b/chapter06/zlib.xml
@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@
       remove it afterwards.</para>
     </note>
 
+    <para>Modify the build scripts to ensure compilation with position independent
+    code and allow building both static and dynamic libraries in one step:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">patch -Np1 -i ../&zlib-fpic-patch;</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare Zlib for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --shared --libdir=/lib</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --shared</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
@@ -62,36 +67,10 @@
 
 <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Install the shared library:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>The previous command installed a <filename
-    class="extension">.so</filename> file in <filename
-    class="directory">/lib</filename>. We will remove it and relink it into
-    <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -v /lib/libz.so
-ln -sfv ../../lib/libz.so.&zlib-version; /usr/lib/libz.so</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>Build the static library:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="make">make clean
-./configure --prefix=/usr
-make</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>To test the results again, issue:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
-
-    <para>Install the static library:</para>
+    <para>Install the libraries:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Fix the permissions on the static library:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="install">chmod -v 644 /usr/lib/libz.a</userinput></screen>
-
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="contents-zlib" role="content">