--- configure.orig	2005-11-23 10:41:50.000000000 -0800
+++ configure	2006-05-20 21:04:16.000000000 -0700
@@ -9619,6 +9619,7 @@
 C_LINK_SHL=true
 SHLIB_EXT=so
 SHLIB_FROM_LO=no
+SHLIB_VER=0.0
 SHLIB_INSTALL='$(INSTALL_PROGRAM)'
 case "$enable_sharedlibs" in
     no|none)
@@ -9640,11 +9641,11 @@
     # Not quite right yet.  See mpich/util/makesharedlib
     # Use syntax that works in both Make and the shell
     #C_LINK_SHL='${CC} -shared -Wl,-r'
-    C_LINK_SHL='${CC} -shared'
+    C_LINK_SHL='${CC} -shared -Wl,-soname'
     # For example, include the libname as ${LIBNAME_SHL}
     #C_LINK_SHL='${CC} -shared -Wl,-h,<finallibname>'
     # May need -fPIC
-    CC_SHL='${CC} -fpic'
+    CC_SHL='${CC} -fPIC'
     C_LINKPATH_SHL="-Wl,-rpath -Wl,"
     # We need to test that this isn't osx.  The following is a
     # simple hack
     esac 
--- src/util/createshlib.in.orig	2006-07-11 19:52:47.000000000 -0700
+++ src/util/createshlib.in	2006-07-11 19:56:09.000000000 -0700
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 
 	*)
         # This is the default model
-	$Show ${C_LINK_SHL} -o $srclibbase.$SHLIB_EXT .tmp/*.o
+	$Show ${C_LINK_SHL} -Wl,$srclibbase.$SHLIB_EXT.0 -o $srclibbase.$SHLIB_EXT .tmp/*.o
 	;;
     esac