--- perl-5.10.0/Makefile.SH.orig	2008-01-09 21:37:11.870736307 +0000
+++ perl-5.10.0/Makefile.SH	2008-01-09 22:47:51.579350787 +0000
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 	    # INSTALL file, under "Building a shared perl library".
 	    # If there is no pre-existing $libperl, we don't need
 	    # to do anything further.
-	    if test -f $archlib/CORE/$libperl; then
+#	    if test -f $archlib/CORE/$libperl; then
 		rm -f preload
 		cat <<'EOT' > preload
 #! /bin/sh
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 EOT
 		chmod 755 preload
 		ldlibpth="$ldlibpth `pwd`/preload `pwd`/$libperl"
-	    fi
+#	    fi
 	    ;;
 	os390)	test -f /bin/env && ldlibpth="/bin/env $ldlibpth"
 		;;
@@ -581,14 +581,16 @@
 Makefile: $Makefile_s
 !GROK!THIS!
 else
-	$spitshell >>Makefile <<'!NO!SUBS!'
-$(LIBPERL): $& $(obj) $(DYNALOADER) $(LIBPERLEXPORT)
+	$spitshell >>Makefile <<!NO!SUBS!
+LIBPERL_SONAME=\$(LIBPERL).$version
+\$(LIBPERL): \$& \$(obj) \$(DYNALOADER) \$(LIBPERLEXPORT)
 !NO!SUBS!
 	case "$useshrplib" in
 	true)
 		$spitshell >>Makefile <<'!NO!SUBS!'
-	rm -f $@
-	$(LD) -o $@ $(SHRPLDFLAGS) $(obj) $(DYNALOADER) $(libs)
+	rm -f $@ $(LIBPERL_SONAME)
+	$(LD) -o $(LIBPERL_SONAME) $(SHRPLDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,$(LIBPERL_SONAME) $(SHRPLDFLAGS) $(obj) $(DYNALOADER) $(libs)
+	ln -s $(LIBPERL_SONAME) $@
 !NO!SUBS!
 		case "$osname" in
 		aix)