+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# (c) 2009 The University of Glasgow
+#
+# This file is part of the GHC build system.
+#
+# To understand how the build system works and how to modify it, see
+# http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Architecture
+# http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Building/Modifying
+#
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
define way-prelims # $1 = way
ifeq "$1" "v"
$1_osuf = $$($1_way_)o
$1_hisuf = $$($1_way_)hi
$1_hcsuf = $$($1_way_)hc
+
+ifneq "$(findstring dyn,$1)" ""
+# If the way includes "dyn" then it's a dynamic lib way. We mangle the
+# way name to remove "dyn" (or "_dyn") and we change the suffix to
+# include the versioned dynamic lib extension (eg .so or .dynlib).
+# For example: thr_debug_dyn_libsuf="_thr_debug-ghc6.11.20090426.so"
+$1_libsuf = $$($(subst dyn,,$(subst _dyn,,$1))__way)-ghc$(ProjectVersion)$(soext)
+else
+$1_libsuf = $$($1__way).a
+endif
endef