--- libmej/Makefile.in.orig	Sat Jan  8 19:29:13 2000
+++ libmej/Makefile.in	Sat Jan  8 19:29:50 2000
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 
 INCLUDES = -I. -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/src -I.. -I$(includedir) -I$(prefix)/include $(X_CFLAGS)
 
-libmej_la_LDFLAGS = -release $(VERSION)
+libmej_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 8:8:8
 
 EXTRA_DIST = debug.h global.h mem.h strings.h strptime.h strptime.c
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs