--- gdal-1.5.1/swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk.orig	2006-12-21 03:49:08.000000000 +0100
+++ gdal-1.5.1/swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk	2008-06-06 21:48:10.535282314 +0200
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 include $(GDAL_ROOT)/GDALmake.opt
 
-RUBY_MODULES = gdal.so ogr.so gdalconst.so osr.so
+RUBY_MODULES = gdal.la ogr.la gdalconst.la osr.la
 RUBY_INCLUDE_DIR := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['archdir']")
 RUBY_LIB_DIR := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['libdir']")
 RUBY_SO_NAME := $(shell ruby -rrbconfig -e "puts Config::CONFIG['RUBY_SO_NAME']")
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 INSTALL_DIR := $(RUBY_EXTENSIONS_DIR)/gdal
 
 RUBY_INCLUDE = -I$(RUBY_INCLUDE_DIR)
-LDFLAGS += -shared -L$(RUBY_LIB_DIR)
+LDFLAGS += -shared -module -avoid-version -rpath $(INSTALL_DIR) -L$(RUBY_LIB_DIR)
 RUBY_LIB := -l$(RUBY_SO_NAME)
 
 build: $(RUBY_MODULES)
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@
 install: $(INSTALL_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) $(RUBY_MODULES) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALL_DIR) 
 
-$(RUBY_MODULES): %.so: %_wrap.o
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(GDAL_SLIB_LINK) $(RUBY_LIB) $< -o $@
+$(RUBY_MODULES): %.la: %_wrap.lo
+	$(LD) $(GDAL_SLIB_LINK) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(RUBY_LIB) $< -o $@
 
-%.o: %.cpp
+%.lo: %.cpp
 	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE) $(RUBY_INCLUDE)  -c $<
 
-%.o: %.cxx
+%.lo: %.cxx
 	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE) $(RUBY_INCLUDE) -c $<
 
-%.o: %.c
+%.lo: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE)  $(RUBY_INCLUDE) -c $<