diff -ur dialog-0.69.old/Makefile.in dialog-0.69/Makefile.in
--- dialog-0.69.old/Makefile.in	Tue Jan 16 13:32:48 1996
+++ dialog-0.69/Makefile.in	Wed Apr 28 03:02:38 1999
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 INSTINC = $(INSTALL) -m 644
 INSTMAN = $(INSTALL) -m 644
 
+LN_S = @LN_S@
 
 HDRS = $(TARGET).h colors.h
 
@@ -46,14 +47,14 @@
 
 SRCS = $(OBJS:.o=.c)
 
-all: configure Makefile $(LIBRARY) $(TARGET) $(TARGET).1 demo
+all: configure Makefile depend $(SHLIB) $(TARGET) $(LIBRARY) $(TARGET).1 demo
 
 # Use ranlib instead of "ar rcs" for portability
 $(LIBRARY): $(OBJS)
 	ar rc $@ $(OBJS)
 	ranlib $@
 
-$(TARGET): $(TARGET).o $(LIBRARY)
+$(TARGET): $(TARGET).o $(SHLIB)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(TARGET).o $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o $@ 
 
 $(TARGET).1: doc/doc.$(TARGET)
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@
 distclean: clean
 	rm config.* Makefile
 
-install: $(LIBRARY) $(TARGET)
+install: $(SHLIB) $(TARGET) $(LIBRARY) 
 	-for n in $(BINDIR) $(LIBDIR) $(INCDIR) $(MAN1DIR) \
 			$(MAN3DIR) $(INFDIR); do\
 		if [ -d $$n ]; then true; else \
@@ -89,12 +90,9 @@
 	#install the shlib too, if any
 	if [ -f "$(SHLIB)" ]; then \
 		$(INSTALL) $(INSTBINFLAGS) $(SHLIB) $(LIBDIR); \
+		$(LN_S) $(SHLIB_SO) $(LIBDIR)/lib$(TARGET).so; \
 		sync;\
 	fi
-	@-if [ -f "$(SHLIB)" ]; then \
-		echo "Running ldconfig"; \
-		ldconfig; \
-	fi
 
 
 #########################
@@ -122,6 +120,7 @@
 
 $(SHLIB): $(SHLOBJS)
-	$(LDSHARED) -o $@ $(SHLOBJS)
+	$(LDSHARED) -o $@ $(SHLOBJS) $(LIBS)
+	$(LN_S) -f $(SHLIB_SO) lib$(TARGET).so 
 
 ######################### Generic targets and tasks
 
@@ -171,3 +170,5 @@
 
 test:
 	$(MAKE) -C samples test DIALOG=`pwd`/dialog
+
+.PHONY:	configure Makefile depend $(SHLIB) $(TARGET) $(LIBRARY) mpage info $(TARGET).1 demo install clean distclean
diff -ur dialog-0.69.old/configure.in dialog-0.69/configure.in
--- dialog-0.69.old/configure.in	Tue Jan 16 11:51:35 1996
+++ dialog-0.69/configure.in	Wed Apr 28 03:02:24 1999
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 dnl      (1.x will complain)
 
 AC_INIT(dialog.c)
+AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CPP
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
 AC_SUBST(CCSHARED)
 AC_SUBST(LDSHARED)
 AC_SUBST(SHLIB)
+AC_SUBST(LN_S)
 
 if test "$SHLIB" = ""
   then