diff -u gc-orig/Makefile gc/Makefile
--- gc-orig/Makefile	Thu Mar 25 17:41:43 1999
+++ gc/Makefile	Fri May 14 15:41:31 1999
@@ -250,10 +250,14 @@
 	ln libirixgc.so libgc.so
 
 # Linux shared library version of the collector
-liblinuxgc.so: $(OBJS) dyn_load.o
-	gcc -shared -o liblinuxgc.so $(OBJS) dyn_load.o -lo
-	ln liblinuxgc.so libgc.so
-
+libgc.so.$(SOVERSION): libgc.so.$(LIBVERSION)
+	ln -s $< $@
+libgc.so: libgc.so.$(SOVERSION)
+	ln -s $< $@
+libgc.so.$(LIBVERSION): $(OBJS) $(CORD_OBJS) gc_cpp.o dyn_load.o
+	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,libgc.so.$(SOVERSION) -o $@ \
+		$(OBJS) $(CORD_OBJS) gc_cpp.o dyn_load.o
+ 
 # Alternative Linux rule.  This is preferable, but is likely to break the
 # Makefile for some non-linux platforms.
 # LIBOBJS= $(patsubst %.o, %.lo, $(OBJS))