Index: src/cats/Makefile.in
--- src/cats/Makefile.in.orig
+++ src/cats/Makefile.in
@@ -126,29 +126,29 @@ libbaccats.a: $(LIBBACCATS_OBJS)
 
 libbacsql.la: Makefile $(LIBBACSQL_LOBJS)
 	@echo "Making $@ ..."
-	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBBACSQL_LOBJS) -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) -release $(LIBBACSQL_LT_RELEASE) $(DB_LIBS)
+	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBBACSQL_LOBJS) -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) $(DB_LIBS)
 
 libbaccats.la: Makefile cats_null.lo
 	@echo "Making $@ ..."
-	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ cats_null.lo -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) -release $(LIBBACCATS_LT_RELEASE)
+	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ cats_null.lo -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir)
 
 libbaccats-mysql.la: Makefile $(MYSQL_LOBJS)
 	@echo "Making $@ ..."
-	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(MYSQL_LOBJS) -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) -release $(LIBBACCATS_LT_RELEASE) \
+	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(MYSQL_LOBJS) -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) \
 							   -soname libbaccats-$(LIBBACCATS_LT_RELEASE).so $(MYSQL_LIBS)
 
 libbaccats-postgresql.la: Makefile $(POSTGRESQL_LOBJS)
 	@echo "Making $@ ..."
-	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(POSTGRESQL_LOBJS) -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) -release $(LIBBACCATS_LT_RELEASE) \
+	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(POSTGRESQL_LOBJS) -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) \
 							   -soname libbaccats-$(LIBBACCATS_LT_RELEASE).so $(POSTGRESQL_LIBS)
 
 libbaccats-sqlite3.la: Makefile $(SQLITE_LOBJS)
 	@echo "Making $@ ..."
-	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(SQLITE_LOBJS) -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) -release $(LIBBACCATS_LT_RELEASE) \
+	$(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(SQLITE_LOBJS) -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) \
 							   -soname libbaccats-$(LIBBACCATS_LT_RELEASE).so $(SQLITE_LIBS)
 #libbaccats-dbi.la: Makefile $(DBI_LOBJS)
 #	 @echo "Making $@ ..."
-#	 $(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(DBI_LOBJS) -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) -release $(LIBBACCATS_LT_RELEASE) \
+#	 $(LIBTOOL_LINK) $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(DEBUG) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(DBI_LOBJS) -export-dynamic -rpath $(libdir) \
 #							    -soname libbaccats-$(LIBBACCATS_LT_RELEASE).so $(DBI_LIBS)
 
 Makefile: $(srcdir)/Makefile.in $(topdir)/config.status