diff -u cfitsio/configure cfitsio-new/configure
--- cfitsio/configure	2005-07-28 17:26:13.000000000 -0400
+++ cfitsio-new/configure	2005-11-13 14:36:39.000000000 -0500
@@ -1251,7 +1251,8 @@
     SHLIB_SUFFIX=".sl"
     ;;
   lnx)
-    SHLIB_LD=":"
+    SHLIB_LD="cc -shared -Wl,-soname,libcfitsio.so.0"
+    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so.0"
     ;;
   osf)
     SHLIB_LD="ld -shared -expect_unresolved '*'"
@@ -1271,7 +1272,7 @@
 # Darwin uses gcc (=cc), but needs different flags (see above)
 # if test "x$GCC" = xyes; then
 if test "x$GCC" = xyes && test "x$EXT" != xdarwin && test "x$EXT" != xcygwin; then
-  SHLIB_LD="$CC -shared"
+  SHLIB_LD="cc -shared -Wl,-soname,libcfitsio.so.0"
   lhea_shlib_cflags='-fPIC'
 fi
 if test "x$lhea_shlib_cflags" != x; then
diff -u cfitsio/Makefile.in cfitsio-new/Makefile.in
--- cfitsio/Makefile.in	2005-04-26 11:48:05.000000000 -0400
+++ cfitsio-new/Makefile.in	2005-11-13 13:52:27.000000000 -0500
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 #
 
 CFITSIO_PREFIX	= @CFITSIO_PREFIX@
-CFITSIO_LIB	= ${CFITSIO_PREFIX}/lib
-CFITSIO_INCLUDE	= ${CFITSIO_PREFIX}/include
+CFITSIO_LIB	= ${CFITSIO_PREFIX}/${LIBDIR}
+CFITSIO_INCLUDE	= ${CFITSIO_PREFIX}/${INCLUDEDIR}
 
 SHELL =		/bin/sh
 RANLIB =	@RANLIB@
@@ -146,4 +146,4 @@
 objs: ${CORE_OBJECTS}
 
 ${CFITSIO_PREFIX} ${CFITSIO_LIB} ${CFITSIO_INCLUDE}:
-	@if [ ! -d $@ ]; then mkdir $@; fi
+	@if [ ! -d $@ ]; then mkdir -p $@; fi