Do not hardcode rpath into binaries and do not use full version for the soname, just the major version. --- Makefile.shared.orig 2010-04-09 15:36:01.171506321 +0200 +++ Makefile.shared 2010-04-09 15:41:25.848516655 +0200 @@ -151,9 +151,9 @@ DO_GNU_SO=$(CALC_VERSIONS); \ SHLIB_SUFFIX=; \ ALLSYMSFLAGS='-Wl,--whole-archive'; \ NOALLSYMSFLAGS='-Wl,--no-whole-archive'; \ - SHAREDFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(SHARED_LDFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic -Wl,-soname=$$SHLIB$$SHLIB_SOVER$$SHLIB_SUFFIX" + SHAREDFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) $(SHARED_LDFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic -Wl,-soname=$$SHLIB.1$$SHLIB_SUFFIX" -DO_GNU_APP=LDFLAGS="$(CFLAGS) -Wl,-rpath,$(LIBRPATH)" +DO_GNU_APP=LDFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" #This is rather special. It's a special target with which one can link #applications without bothering with any features that have anything to