--- libmej/Makefile.in.orig	Mon Feb  7 21:52:12 2000
+++ libmej/Makefile.in	Mon Feb  7 21:52:44 2000
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 
 INCLUDES = -I. -I.. -I$(includedir) -I$(prefix)/include
 
-libmej_la_LDFLAGS = -release $(VERSION)
+libmej_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 9:9:9
 
 EXTRA_DIST = debug.h global.h mem.h strings.h strptime.h strptime.c
 mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs
