diff -urN db-4.2.52/dist/aclocal/sosuffix.ac db-4.2.52.org/dist/aclocal/sosuffix.ac
--- db-4.2.52/dist/aclocal/sosuffix.ac	2003-04-19 07:11:55.000000000 +0200
+++ db-4.2.52.org/dist/aclocal/sosuffix.ac	2004-05-04 23:26:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	versuffix=""
 	release=""
 	libname=libfoo
-	eval _SOSUFFIX=\"$shrext\"
+	eval _SOSUFFIX=\"$shrext_cmds\"
 	if test "X$_SOSUFFIX" = "" ; then
 		_SOSUFFIX=".so"
 		if test `$LIBTOOL_PROG --config | grep build_libtool_libs | grep no` 2>/dev/null; then