* Merge remaining stuff from the nix-make branch.

* Add support for the creation of shared libraries to `compileC',
  `link', and `makeLibrary'.
* Enable the ATerm library to be made into a shared library.

make/lib/make-library.sh

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+. $stdenv/setup
+
+objs=
+for i in $objects; do
+    obj=$(echo $i/*.o)
+    objs="$objs $obj"
+done
+
+echo "archiving object files into library \`$libraryName'..."
+
+ensureDir $out
+
+if test -z "$sharedLib"; then
+
+    outPath=$out/lib${libraryName}.a
+
+    ar crs $outPath $objs
+    ranlib $outPath
+
+else
+
+    outPath=$out/lib${libraryName}.so
+
+    gcc -shared -o $outPath $objs
+
+fi    
+
+