diff -Naur glpk-4.8-orig/configure.in glpk-4.8/configure.in
--- glpk-4.8-orig/configure.in	2005-01-12 10:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ glpk-4.8/configure.in	2005-05-23 17:13:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
-AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.
 AC_CHECK_LIB(m, sqrt)
diff -Naur glpk-4.8-orig/examples/Makefile.am glpk-4.8/examples/Makefile.am
--- glpk-4.8-orig/examples/Makefile.am	2005-01-12 10:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ glpk-4.8/examples/Makefile.am	2005-05-23 17:19:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 INCLUDES = -I../include
 
-LDADD = ../src/libglpk.a
+LDADD = ../src/libglpk.la
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = glpsol tspsol
 
diff -Naur glpk-4.8-orig/src/Makefile.am glpk-4.8/src/Makefile.am
--- glpk-4.8-orig/src/Makefile.am	2005-01-12 10:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ glpk-4.8/src/Makefile.am	2005-05-23 17:14:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 INCLUDES = -I../include
 
-lib_LIBRARIES = libglpk.a
-
-libglpk_a_SOURCES = \
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libglpk.la
+libglpk_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 0:0:0
+	       
+libglpk_la_SOURCES = \
 glpavl.c \
 glpdmp.c \
 glpiet.c \