Use standard shared library versioning. Index: gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.in --- gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.in.orig +++ gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/Makefile.in @@ -4653,7 +4653,7 @@ 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_38) \ + @INTL_MACOSX_LIBS@ $(am__append_38) \ $(am__append_54) $(LTLIBICONV) $(LTLIBICONV) $(am__append_175) \ $(am__append_176)