Use standard shared library versioning. Do not remove static library after building. This was also a race if MAKE_JOBS > 1. Index: gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.in --- gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.in.orig +++ gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.in @@ -4612,7 +4612,7 @@ libgettextlib_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -no-undefined $(LTLIBC32CONV) $(LTLIBICONV) $(LTLIBINTL) $(LTLIBUNISTRING) \ $(MBRTOWC_LIB) $(POSIX_SPAWN_LIB) $(POW_LIBM) $(QCOPY_ACL_LIB) \ $(SERVENT_LIB) $(SETLOCALE_LIB) $(SETLOCALE_NULL_LIB) \ - @INTL_MACOSX_LIBS@ -release @VERSION@ $(am__append_36) \ + @INTL_MACOSX_LIBS@ $(am__append_36) \ $(am__append_52) $(LTLIBICONV) $(LTLIBICONV) $(am__append_171) \ $(am__append_172) @@ -6912,7 +6912,7 @@ fcntl.h: fcntl.in.h $(top_builddir)/config.status $(CX @GL_GENERATE_GETOPT_CDEFS_H_FALSE@ rm -f $@ # No need to install libgettextlib.a, except on AIX. -install-exec-local: install-libLTLIBRARIES install-exec-clean +install-exec-local: install-libLTLIBRARIES install-exec-clean: case "@host_os@" in \ aix*) ;; \