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 @@ -5544,7 +5544,7 @@ libgettextlib_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -no-undefined $(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_40) $(LTLIBXML) $(LTLIBICONV) \ + $(am__append_40) $(LTLIBXML) $(LTLIBICONV) \ $(LTLIBICONV) $(am__append_194) $(am__append_195) # Use this preprocessor expression to decide whether #include_next works.