diff -r 6c7bb1238437 make.settings.gnu
--- make.settings.gnu	Wed Apr 24 16:43:51 2013 -0400
+++ make.settings.gnu	Wed Apr 24 16:45:09 2013 -0400
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 USE_MACOSX	?= no	# set 'yes' if you run Mac OS X, 'no' otherwise
 USE_FREEBSD	?= no	# set 'yes' if you run FreeBSD, 'no' otherwise
 USE_PARALLEL_MODE ?= no # set 'yes' to explicitly enable parallel mode for stxxl operations only
-ENABLE_SHARED	?= no   # set 'yes' to build a shared library instead of a static library (EXPERIMENTAL)
+ENABLE_SHARED	?= yes  # set 'yes' to build a shared library instead of a static library (EXPERIMENTAL)
 
 # internal flags
 USE_PMODE	?= no	# will be overridden from main Makefile