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authorJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-03-25 22:51:38 +0000
committerJelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org>2003-03-25 22:51:38 +0000
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@@ -63,11 +63,8 @@ it is here currently (from <filename>include/config.h</filename>):
</programlisting></para>
<para>
-These functions should be called before the subsystem is used. That can be
-done either from the executable that will be using the subsystem (
-static_init_rpc is called from the main() function of smbd), or
-from the subsystem itself when it's first used (like passdb's
-lazy_initialise_passdb does).
+These functions should be called before the subsystem is used. That
+should be done when the subsystem is initialised or first used.
</para>
</sect2>
@@ -138,10 +135,22 @@ for each module and SMB_SUBSYSTEM() for each subsystem.
<para>Syntax:</para>
<para><programlisting>
-SMB_MODULE($MODULE_<replaceable>subsystem</replaceable>_<replaceable>backend</replaceable>, <replaceable>subsystem</replaceable>_<replaceable>backend</replaceable>, <replaceable>object files</replaceable>, <replaceable>plugin name</replaceable>, <replaceable>subsystem name</replaceable>)
+SMB_MODULE(<replaceable>subsystem</replaceable>_<replaceable>backend</replaceable>, <replaceable>object files</replaceable>, <replaceable>plugin name</replaceable>, <replaceable>subsystem name</replaceable>, <replaceable>static_action</replaceable>, <replaceable>shared_action</replaceable>)
SMB_SUBSYSTEM(<replaceable>subsystem</replaceable>)
</programlisting></para>
+<para>Also, make sure to add the correct directives to
+<filename>Makefile.in</filename>. <replaceable>@SUBSYSTEM_STATIC@</replaceable>
+will be replaced with a list of objects files of the modules that need to
+be linked in statically. <replaceable>@SUBSYSTEM_MODULES@</replaceable> will
+be replaced with the names of the plugins to build.
+</para>
+
+<para>You must make sure all .c files that contain defines that can
+be changed by ./configure are rebuilded in the 'modules_clean' make target.
+Practically, this means all c files that contain <command>static_init_subsystem;</command> calls need to be rebuilded.
+</para>
+
</sect2>
</sect1>
</chapter>