diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d613f22..f5f941d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ Developers may need to change their code
   
 ### Minor features
 
+* Added -H option to clixon_netconf: Do not require hello before request
+* CLIXON_STATIC_PLUGIN to support statically linked plugins
 * JSON errors are now labelled with JSON and not XML
 * Restconf native HTTP/2:
   * Added option `CLICON_RESTCONF_HTTP2_PLAIN` for non-TLS http
diff --git a/apps/Makefile.in b/apps/Makefile.in
index f4165f15..eb1baab1 100644
--- a/apps/Makefile.in
+++ b/apps/Makefile.in
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
 VPATH       	= @srcdir@
 srcdir  	= @srcdir@
 top_srcdir  	= @top_srcdir@
-CC		= @CC@
-CFLAGS  	= @CFLAGS@ 
-LDFLAGS 	= @LDFLAGS@
-LIBS    	= @LIBS@
 with_restconf	= @with_restconf@
 
 SHELL	= /bin/sh
diff --git a/apps/backend/Makefile.in b/apps/backend/Makefile.in
index 2ee7056e..0860f384 100644
--- a/apps/backend/Makefile.in
+++ b/apps/backend/Makefile.in
@@ -164,10 +164,12 @@ test.c	:
 test: 	test.c $(LIBOBJ) $(MYLIB)
 	$(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(LDFLAGS) $< $(LIBOBJ) -L. $(MYLIB) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
-$(APPL) : $(APPOBJ) $(MYLIB) $(LIBDEPS)
+# Note LIBDEPS is in lib/src and will always be remade du to a date dependency
 ifeq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
+$(APPL) : $(APPOBJ) $(MYLIB) $(LIBDEPS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(APPOBJ) -L. $(MYLIB) $(LIBS) -o $@
 else
+$(APPL) : $(APPOBJ) $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBDEPS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(APPOBJ) -L. $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBS) -o $@
 endif
 
diff --git a/apps/backend/backend_get.c b/apps/backend/backend_get.c
index a91a679e..6e80a7b5 100644
--- a/apps/backend/backend_get.c
+++ b/apps/backend/backend_get.c
@@ -533,7 +533,9 @@ get_list_pagination(clicon_handle        h,
     /* sort */
     if (ret && (x = xml_find_type(xe, NULL, "sort", CX_ELMNT)) != NULL)
 	sort = xml_body(x);
-    if (sort) ; /* XXX */
+    if (sort) {
+	/* XXX: nothing yet */
+    }
     /* where */
     if (ret && (x = xml_find_type(xe, NULL, "where", CX_ELMNT)) != NULL)
 	where = xml_body(x);
diff --git a/apps/cli/Makefile.in b/apps/cli/Makefile.in
index 85a6a76b..8152e4b2 100644
--- a/apps/cli/Makefile.in
+++ b/apps/cli/Makefile.in
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ CPPFLAGS  	= @CPPFLAGS@
 ifeq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
 CPPFLAGS  	+= -fPIC
 endif
-SH_SUFFIX	= @SH_SUFFIX@
+SH_SUFFIX	= .so
 INSTALLFLAGS  	= @INSTALLFLAGS@ 
 LDFLAGS 	= @LDFLAGS@	
 ifneq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
-LDFLAGS 	+=  -rdynamic -L.
+LDFLAGS 	+=  -rdynamic -L. # -rdynamic for using -ldl
 endif
 
 prefix 		= @prefix@
@@ -165,11 +165,13 @@ test.c	:
 test: 	test.c $(LIBOBJ) $(MYLIB)
 	$(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(LDFLAGS) $< $(LIBOBJ) -L. $(MYLIB) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
+# Note LIBDEPS is in lib/src and will always be remade du to a date dependency
 $(APPL): $(APPOBJ) $(MYLIB) $(LIBDEPS)	
 ifeq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(APPOBJ) -L. $(MYLIB) $(LIBS) -o $@
 else
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(APPOBJ) $(EXTRAS) -L. $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBS) -o $@
+	# Force static libcligen.a linking
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(APPOBJ) $(EXTRAS) -L. $(LIBOBJ) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libcligen.a $(LIBS) -o $@
 endif
 
 $(MYLIBDYNAMIC) : $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBDEPS)
diff --git a/apps/netconf/Makefile.in b/apps/netconf/Makefile.in
index e2d4214a..afe7b396 100644
--- a/apps/netconf/Makefile.in
+++ b/apps/netconf/Makefile.in
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ sysconfdir	= @sysconfdir@
 includedir	= @includedir@
 HOST_VENDOR     = @host_vendor@
 
-SH_SUFFIX	= @SH_SUFFIX@
+SH_SUFFIX	= .so
 CLIXON_MAJOR    = @CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR@
 CLIXON_MINOR    = @CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR@
 
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ uninstall:
 .c.o:
 	$(CC) $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS) -D__PROGRAM__=\"$(APPL)\" $(CFLAGS) -c $<
 
+# Note LIBDEPS is in lib/src and will always be remade du to a date dependency
 $(APPL) : $(APPOBJ) $(MYLIB) $(LIBDEPS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(APPOBJ) -L. $(MYLIB) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
diff --git a/apps/restconf/Makefile.in b/apps/restconf/Makefile.in
index 93d4a8d9..c5565952 100644
--- a/apps/restconf/Makefile.in
+++ b/apps/restconf/Makefile.in
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ wwwdir          = @wwwdir@
 # one of fcgi or native:
 with_restconf	= @with_restconf@
 
-SH_SUFFIX	= @SH_SUFFIX@
+SH_SUFFIX	= .so
 CLIXON_MAJOR    = @CLIXON_VERSION_MAJOR@
 CLIXON_MINOR    = @CLIXON_VERSION_MINOR@
 
@@ -185,13 +185,15 @@ uninstall:
 .c.o:
 	$(CC) $(INCLUDES) -D__PROGRAM__=\"clixon_restconf\" $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
 
-$(APPL) : $(APPOBJ) $(MYLIBLINK) $(LIBDEPS)
+# Note LIBDEPS is in lib/src and will always be remade du to a date dependency
+$(APPL) : $(APPOBJ) $(MYLIB) $(LIBDEPS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(APPOBJ) -L. $(MYLIB) $(LIBS) -o $@
 
-$(MYLIBDYNAMIC) : $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBDEPS)
 ifeq ($(HOST_VENDOR),apple)
+$(MYLIBDYNAMIC) : $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBDEPS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -undefined dynamic_lookup -o $@ $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBS)
 else
+$(MYLIBDYNAMIC) : $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBDEPS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname,$(MYLIBSO) -o $@ $(LIBOBJ) $(LIBS) -Wl,-soname=$(MYLIBSO)
 endif
 
diff --git a/apps/restconf/restconf_methods_get.c b/apps/restconf/restconf_methods_get.c
index 4378afcc..89d99bed 100644
--- a/apps/restconf/restconf_methods_get.c
+++ b/apps/restconf/restconf_methods_get.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ api_data_collection(clicon_handle  h,
     cxobj     *xtop = NULL;
     cxobj     *xbot = NULL;
     cxobj     *xp;
-    cxobj     *xpr;
+    cxobj     *xpr = NULL;
     yang_stmt *y = NULL;
     cbuf      *cbrpc = NULL;
     int32_t    depth = -1;  /* Nr of levels to print, -1 is all, 0 is none */
diff --git a/example/main/Makefile.in b/example/main/Makefile.in
index 49e0feeb..7a611303 100644
--- a/example/main/Makefile.in
+++ b/example/main/Makefile.in
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ ifeq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
 	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $< -lclixon -lclixon_backend
 else
 	# can include -L in LDFLAGS?
-	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $< -lclixon -L ../../apps/backend/ -lclixon_backend 
+	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $< -lclixon -lclixon_backend
 endif
 
 # Secondary NACM backend plugin
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ $(BE2_PLUGIN): $(BE2_OBJ)
 ifeq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
 	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $< -lclixon -lclixon_backend
 else
-	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $< -lclixon -L ../../apps/backend/ -lclixon_backend 
+	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $< -lclixon -lclixon_backend
 endif
 
 # CLI frontend plugin
@@ -127,12 +127,6 @@ else
 	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $^ -lclixon -L ../../apps/cli/ -lclixon_cli
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
-	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $^ -lclixon -lclixon_cli
-else
-	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $^ -lclixon -L ../../apps/cli/ -lclixon_cli
-endif
-
 # NETCONF frontend plugin
 NETCONF_SRC  = $(APPNAME)_netconf.c
 NETCONF_OBJ  = $(NETCONF_SRC:%.c=%.o)
@@ -140,7 +134,7 @@ $(NETCONF_PLUGIN): $(NETCONF_OBJ)
 ifeq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
 	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $^ -lclixon -lclixon_netconf
 else
-	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $^ -lclixon -L ../../apps/netconf/ -lclixon_netconf
+	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $^ -lclixon -lclixon_netconf
 endif
 
 # See configure.ac
@@ -151,7 +145,7 @@ $(RESTCONF_PLUGIN): $(RESTCONF_OBJ)
 ifeq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
 	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $^ -lclixon -lclixon_restconf
 else
-	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $^ -lclixon -L ../../apps/restconf/ -lclixon_restconf 
+	$(CC) -Wall -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -lc $^ -lclixon -lclixon_restconf
 endif
 
 SRC     = $(BE_SRC) $(BE2_SRC) $(CLI_SRC) $(NETCONF_SRC)
diff --git a/fuzz/cli/README.md b/fuzz/cli/README.md
index 6bd6a7b8..c991f71c 100644
--- a/fuzz/cli/README.md
+++ b/fuzz/cli/README.md
@@ -32,16 +32,18 @@ Below is an example of how to do this for the main example. You can replace the
 ```
   CC=/usr/bin/afl-clang-fast  CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall -DCLIXON_STATIC_PLUGINS" LINKAGE=static ./configure
   make clean
-  cd example/main # Compile and install application plugins (here main example)
+
+  make
+  sudo make install
+  
+  cd example # Compile and install application plugins (here main example)
   make clean
   make
   sudo make install 
-  cd ../..
-  cd lib # Compile and install clixon lib
-  make
-  sudo make install
   cd ..
+
   cd apps/cli # Compile and install clixon_cli with pre-compiled plugins
+  rm clixon_cli
   EXTRAS="../../example/main/example_cli.o ../../example/main/test_cli.o" make clixon_cli
   sudo make install
 ```
diff --git a/lib/src/Makefile.in b/lib/src/Makefile.in
index c4c0b117..ecb17f17 100644
--- a/lib/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/src/Makefile.in
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ CFLAGS		= @CFLAGS@
 ifeq ($(LINKAGE),dynamic)
 CFLAGS  	+= -fPIC
 endif
-SH_SUFFIX	= @SH_SUFFIX@
+SH_SUFFIX	= .so
 INSTALL		= @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_LIB	= @INSTALL@
 INSTALLFLAGS  	= @INSTALLFLAGS@
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ build.c:
 	date +"const char CLIXON_BUILDSTR[$(DATELEN)]=\"%Y.%m.%d %H:%M by `whoami` on `hostname`"\"\; >> build.c;
 	echo "const char CLIXON_VERSION[64]=\"$(CLIXON_VERSION)\""\; >> build.c;
 
+# Note: will always be remade since GENOBS is date dependent
 $(MYLIBDYNAMIC) : $(GENOBJS) $(OBJS) 
 ifeq ($(HOST_VENDOR),apple)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $(GENOBJS) $(OBJS) $(LIBS) -undefined dynamic_lookup -o $@