This applies to Lua 5.2 and 5.3.

From 7a1b4e0829124976878ca2765a8e546667a92ceb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:11:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] apply existing non-executable library patch and install
 libraries as executable

---
 Makefile     | 6 +++---
 src/Makefile | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1aea8e6..bfcfed9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ INTERPRETER= lua
 COMPILER= luac
 TO_BIN= $(INTERPRETER) $(COMPILER)
 TO_INC= lua.h luaconf.h lualib.h lauxlib.h lua.hpp
-TO_LIB= liblua.a
+TO_LIB= liblua.a liblua.so liblua.so.${V}
 TO_PC=  lua-$(V).pc
 TO_MAN= lua.1 luac.1
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ R= $V.3
 all:	$(PLAT)
 
 $(PLATS):
-	cd src && $(MAKE) $@
+	cd src && $(MAKE) $@ V=$(V) R=$(R)
 
 clean:
 	cd src && $(MAKE) $@
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ install: dummy $(TO_PC)
 	cd src && $(MKDIR) $(INSTALL_BIN) $(INSTALL_INC) $(INSTALL_LIB) $(INSTALL_PC) $(INSTALL_MAN) $(INSTALL_LMOD) $(INSTALL_CMOD)
 	cd src && $(INSTALL_EXEC) $(TO_BIN) $(INSTALL_BIN)
 	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_INC) $(INSTALL_INC)
-	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_LIB) $(INSTALL_LIB)
+	cd src && $(INSTALL_EXEC) $(TO_LIB) $(INSTALL_LIB)
 	cd src && $(INSTALL_DATA) ../$(TO_PC) $(INSTALL_PC)
 	cd doc && $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TO_MAN) $(INSTALL_MAN)
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 7b4b2b7..c86476e 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ MYOBJS=
 PLATS= aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
 
 LUA_A=	liblua.a
+LUA_SO= liblua.so
 CORE_O=	lapi.o lcode.o lctype.o ldebug.o ldo.o ldump.o lfunc.o lgc.o llex.o \
 	lmem.o lobject.o lopcodes.o lparser.o lstate.o lstring.o ltable.o \
 	ltm.o lundump.o lvm.o lzio.o
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ LUAC_T=	luac
 LUAC_O=	luac.o
 
 ALL_O= $(BASE_O) $(LUA_O) $(LUAC_O)
-ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T)
+ALL_T= $(LUA_A) $(LUA_T) $(LUAC_T) $(LUA_SO)
 ALL_A= $(LUA_A)
 
 # Targets start here.
@@ -55,6 +56,11 @@ o:	$(ALL_O)
 
 a:	$(ALL_A)
 
+$(LUA_SO): $(CORE_O) $(LIB_O)
+	$(CC) -shared -ldl -Wl,-soname,$(LUA_SO).$(V) -o $@.$(R) $? -lm $(MYLDFLAGS)
+	ln -sf $(LUA_SO).$(R) $(LUA_SO).$(V)
+	ln -sf $(LUA_SO).$(R) $(LUA_SO)
+
 $(LUA_A): $(BASE_O)
 	$(AR) $@ $(BASE_O)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
-- 
2.6.1

uix/log/gnu/packages/simh.scm?id=357436b8404f1a08171e41ac14ff7d16ebc3d79f'>simh.scm</a></div><div class='content'><table class='list nowrap'><tr class='nohover'><th class='left'>Age</th><th class='left'>Commit message (<a href='/guix/log/gnu/packages/simh.scm?id=357436b8404f1a08171e41ac14ff7d16ebc3d79f&amp;showmsg=1'>Expand</a>)</th><th class='left'>Author</th></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2024-08-31 10:42:23 +0200'>2024-08-31</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/packages/simh.scm?id=8383b9f04abcc1a5772a9bf8fae49b8c7794d752'>gnu: simh: Import the correct set of modules.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* gnu/packages/simh.scm (simh) [arguments]
&lt;modules&gt;: Replace %default-gnu-imported-modules with %default-gnu-modules.

Change-Id: I11a5cd3619ada3a280e990741b513f6c20a1713a
</span></span></td><td>Maxim Cournoyer</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2024-08-31 10:42:16 +0200'>2024-08-31</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/packages/simh.scm?id=f59df1aa3c104aabff3291f6b8b155fb01aebc06'>build-systems: gnu: Export %default-gnu-imported-modules and %default-gnu-mod...</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>Until now users would have to cargo cult or inspect the private
%default-modules variable of (guix build-systems gnu) to discover which
modules to include when extending the used modules via the #:modules argument.

The renaming was automated via the command:

  $ git grep -l %gnu-build-system-modules
    | xargs sed 's/%gnu-build-system-modules/%default-gnu-imported-modules/' -i

* guix/build-system/gnu.scm (%gnu-build-system-modules): Rename to...
(%default-gnu-imported-modules): ... this.
(%default-modules): Rename to...
(%default-gnu-modules): ... this.  Export.
(dist-package, gnu-build, gnu-cross-build): Adjust accordingly.

Change-Id: Idef307fff13cb76f3182d782b26e1cd3a5c757ee
</span></span></td><td>Maxim Cournoyer</td></tr>