--- tcl8.5.0/unix/tcl.m4.conf	2007-12-20 10:48:05.000000000 +0100
+++ tcl8.5.0/unix/tcl.m4	2007-12-20 10:48:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -1427,12 +1427,12 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    # get rid of the warnings.
 	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
 
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -fPIC -Wl,-soname,${@}'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 	    AS_IF([test $doRpath = yes], [
-		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'])
+		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=''])
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    AS_IF([test "`uname -m`" = "alpha"], [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mieee"])
 	    AS_IF([test $do64bit = yes], [
@@ -1464,7 +1464,7 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} -shared -fPIC'
 	    DL_OBJS=""
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"