patch for build lua v5.4.6 as a shared library (liblua.so)

Makefile.patch

--- Makefile	2024-01-04 18:12:26.836000000 -0800
+++ Makefile.patched	2024-01-04 18:14:09.840000000 -0800
@@ -38,21 +38,21 @@
 # Convenience platforms targets.
 PLATS= guess aix bsd c89 freebsd generic ios linux linux-readline macosx mingw posix solaris
 
+# Lua version and release.
+V= 5.4
+R= $V.6
+
 # What to install.
 TO_BIN= lua luac
 TO_INC= lua.h luaconf.h lualib.h lauxlib.h lua.hpp
-TO_LIB= liblua.a
+TO_LIB= liblua.a liblua$(R).so
 TO_MAN= lua.1 luac.1
 
-# Lua version and release.
-V= 5.4
-R= $V.6
-
 # Targets start here.
 all:	$(PLAT)
 
 $(PLATS) help test clean:
-	@cd src && $(MAKE) $@
+	@cd src && $(MAKE) $@ V=$(V) R=$(R)
 
 install: dummy
 	cd src && $(MKDIR) $(INSTALL_BIN) $(INSTALL_INC) $(INSTALL_LIB) $(INSTALL_MAN) $(INSTALL_LMOD) $(INSTALL_CMOD)
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_INC) $(INSTALL_INC)
 	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_LIB) $(INSTALL_LIB)
 	cd doc && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_MAN) $(INSTALL_MAN)
+	ln -s $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua$(R).so $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua.so.$(V)
+	ln -s $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua$(R).so $(INSTALL_LIB)/liblua.so
 
 uninstall:
 	cd src && cd $(INSTALL_BIN) && $(RM) $(TO_BIN)

src.Makefile.patch

--- src/Makefile	2023-02-03 02:43:14.000000000 -0800
+++ src/Makefile.patched	2024-01-04 18:47:16.755000000 -0800
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 SYSLDFLAGS=
 SYSLIBS=
 
-MYCFLAGS=
+MYCFLAGS= -fPIC
 MYLDFLAGS=
 MYLIBS=
 MYOBJS=
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 $(LUA_A): $(BASE_O)
 	$(AR) $@ $(BASE_O)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
+	$(CC) -shared -ldl -Wl,-soname,liblua$R.so -o liblua$R.so $? -lm $(MYLDFLAGS)
+	ln -sf liblua$R.so liblua.so
 
 $(LUA_T): $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A)
 	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(LUA_O) $(LUA_A) $(LIBS)

way to build lua 5.4.6

$ mkdir /opt/lua
$ curl -fsSL https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.4.6.tar.gz | tar xzf - -C /opt/lua
$ cd /opt/lua/lua-5.4.6

$ patch --ignore-whitespace < <(curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/marslo/767e339e32e0dbc038a3e00e3c8a7cba/raw/01f29ac774a468221082f4d504b013d264435567/Makefile.patch)
$ cd src
$ patch --ignore-whitespace < <(curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/marslo/767e339e32e0dbc038a3e00e3c8a7cba/raw/01f29ac774a468221082f4d504b013d264435567/src.Makefile.patch)

# build
$ make all test
# install
$ sudo make install

references:

• How to compile Lua 5.4.0 for Linux as a shared library
• Build lua shared libraries
• dcarrith/Makefile.patch for v5.3.0 | dcarrith/src.Makefile.patch for v5.3.0