--- perl-5.8.1/Makefile.SH.orig	Tue Aug 19 18:42:51 2003
+++ perl-5.8.1/Makefile.SH	Fri Aug 22 14:33:39 2003
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 	    # 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
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 EOT
 		chmod 755 preload
 		ldlibpth="$ldlibpth `pwd`/preload `pwd`/$libperl"
-	    fi
+#	    fi
 	    ;;
 	os390)	test -f /bin/env && ldlibpth="/bin/env $ldlibpth"
 		;;
@@ -494,13 +489,15 @@
 Makefile: $Makefile_s
 !GROK!THIS!
 else
-	$spitshell >>Makefile <<'!NO!SUBS!'
-$(LIBPERL): $& perl$(OBJ_EXT) $(obj) $(LIBPERLEXPORT)
+	$spitshell >>Makefile <<!NO!SUBS!
+LIBPERL_SONAME=\$(LIBPERL).$version
+\$(LIBPERL): \$& perl\$(OBJ_EXT) \$(obj) \$(LIBPERLEXPORT)
 !NO!SUBS!
 	case "$useshrplib" in
 	true)
-		$spitshell >>Makefile <<'!NO!SUBS!'
-	$(LD) -o $@ $(SHRPLDFLAGS) perl$(OBJ_EXT) $(obj) $(libs)
+		$spitshell >>Makefile <<!NO!SUBS!
+	\$(LD) -o \$(LIBPERL_SONAME) \$(SHRPLDFLAGS) -Wl,-soname,\$(LIBPERL_SONAME) perl\$(OBJ_EXT) \$(obj) \$(libs)
+	ln -sf \$(LIBPERL_SONAME) \$@
 !NO!SUBS!
 		case "$osname" in
 		aix)