Usual patch to produce Linux-like .so files on FreeBSD --- a/build/ltmain.sh 2008-02-02 22:28:24.000000000 +0900 +++ b/build/ltmain.sh 2008-07-08 11:58:42.000000000 +0900 @@ -7341,9 +7341,9 @@ revision="$number_revision" ;; freebsd-aout|freebsd-elf|qnx|sunos) - current="$number_major" - revision="$number_minor" - age="0" + current=`expr $number_major + $number_minor` + age="$number_minor" + revision="$number_revision" ;; irix|nonstopux) current=`expr $number_major + $number_minor` @@ -7420,8 +7420,8 @@ ;; freebsd-elf) - major=".$current" - versuffix=".$current" + major=.`expr $current - $age` + versuffix="$major.$age.$revision" ;; irix | nonstopux)