should I create both static and shared libraries manually?

[kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com>]

I am reading 
http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/column/libpkg-guide/libpkg-guide.html#staticonlylibs 
in order to package a library. That document suggests to provide both 
static and shared library packages.

I am thinking of packaging fortranposix library. The upstream provides a 
makefile which creates only the shared library. Now my question is

1) Should I edit the make file to create a static library as well?

2) Is there any other way/tool to generate a static library 
automatically without editing the makefile?

thanks for any response
raju

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Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
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Cornell University
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