When using DESTDIR $(libdir) contains it and thus created symlinks are broken (in terms of DESTDIR purpose), this patch fixes it: diff -urN dlm.org/lib/Makefile dlm/lib/Makefile --- dlm.org/lib/Makefile2004-06-25 12:40:01.615519264 +0200 +++ dlm/lib/Makefile2004-06-25 12:40:15.421420448 +0200 @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ install -d ${libdir} install $(LIBNAME).a ${libdir} install $(LIBNAME).so.$(RELEASE_MAJOR).$(RELEASE_MINOR) ${libdir} -ln -sf ${libdir}/$(LIBNAME).so.$(RELEASE_MAJOR).$(RELEASE_MINOR) ${libdir}/$(LIBNAME).so -ln -sf ${libdir}/$(LIBNAME).so.$(RELEASE_MAJOR).$(RELEASE_MINOR) ${libdir}/$(LIBNAME).so.$(RELEASE_MAJOR) +ln -sf $(LIBNAME).so.$(RELEASE_MAJOR).$(RELEASE_MINOR) ${libdir}/$(LIBNAME).so +ln -sf $(LIBNAME).so.$(RELEASE_MAJOR).$(RELEASE_MINOR) ${libdir}/$(LIBNAME).so.$(RELEASE_MAJOR) uninstall: ${UNINSTALL} libdlm.h ${incdir} -- Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz CS at FoE, Wroclaw University of Technology arekm.pld-linux.org, 1024/3DB19BBD, JID: arekm.jabber.org, PLD/Linux