diff -urN pvfs-2.7.0/Makefile.in pvfs-2.7.0_patched/Makefile.in
--- pvfs-2.7.0/Makefile.in	2008-02-28 10:27:37.000000000 -0500
+++ pvfs-2.7.0_patched/Makefile.in	2008-02-28 10:27:35.000000000 -0500
@@ -52,10 +52,14 @@
 # define a few generic variables that we need to use
 DESTDIR =
 srcdir = @srcdir@
-prefix = $(DESTDIR)@prefix@
+prefix = @prefix@
 datarootdir = $(DESTDIR)@datarootdir@
 mandir = $(DESTDIR)@mandir@
-exec_prefix = $(DESTDIR)@exec_prefix@
+exec_prefix = @exec_prefix@
+sbindir = $(DESTDIR)@sbindir@
+bindir = $(DESTDIR)@bindir@
+libdir = $(DESTDIR)@libdir@
+includedir = $(DESTDIR)@includedir@
 
 VPATH = $(srcdir)
 SHELL = @SHELL@
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@
 # TODO: should probably check for bison and flex in configure
 BISON = bison
 FLEX = flex
+LN_S = ln -s
 BUILD_BMI_TCP = @BUILD_BMI_TCP@
 BUILD_GM = @BUILD_GM@
 BUILD_MX = @BUILD_MX@
@@ -162,6 +167,9 @@
 REDHAT_RELEASE = @REDHAT_RELEASE@
 NPTL_WORKAROUND = @NPTL_WORKAROUND@
 STRICT_CFLAGS = @STRICT_CFLAGS@
+SO_FULL = 2.0.0
+SO_MAJOR = 2
+
 # for Solaris:
 # LIBS += -lsocket -lnsl
 
@@ -435,8 +443,10 @@
 LIBRARIES :=
 LIBRARIES_THREADED :=
 ifeq ($(build_shared),yes)
-LIBRARIES_SHARED = lib/libpvfs2.so
+LIBRARIES_SHARED = lib/libpvfs2.so.$(SO_FULL)
 LIBRARIES += $(LIBRARIES_SHARED)
+LIBRARIES_THREADED_SHARED = lib/libpvfs2-threaded.so.$(SO_FULL)
+LIBRARIES_THREADED += $(LIBRARIES_THREADED_SHARED)
 endif
 ifeq ($(build_static),yes)
 LIBRARIES_STATIC = lib/libpvfs2.a
@@ -627,16 +637,16 @@
 	$(E)ar rcs $@ $(LIBTHREADEDOBJS)
 
 # rule for building the pvfs2 library
-lib/libpvfs2.so: $(LIBPICOBJS)
+lib/libpvfs2.so.$(SO_FULL): $(LIBPICOBJS)
 	$(Q) "  LDSO		$@"
 	$(E)$(INSTALL) -d lib
-	$(E)$(LDSHARED) -o $@ $(LIBPICOBJS)
+	$(E)$(LDSHARED) -Wl,-soname,libpvfs2.so -o $@ $(LIBPICOBJS)
 
 # rule for building the pvfs2 _multithreaded_ library
-lib/libpvfs2-threaded.so: $(LIBTHREADEDPICOBJS)
+lib/libpvfs2-threaded.so.$(SO_FULL): $(LIBTHREADEDPICOBJS)
 	$(Q) "  LDSO		$@"
 	$(E)$(INSTALL) -d lib
-	$(E)$(LDSHARED) -o $@ $(LIBTHREADEDPICOBJS)
+	$(E)$(LDSHARED) -Wl,-soname,libpvfs2-threaded.so -o $@ $(LIBTHREADEDPICOBJS) 
 
 # rule for building the pvfs2 server library
 lib/libpvfs2-server.a: $(SERVEROBJS)
@@ -713,7 +723,7 @@
 
 # all applications depend on the pvfs2 library
 $(ADMINTOOLS): %: %.o $(LIBRARIES)
-$(ADMINTOOLS_SERVER): %: %.o $(LIBRARIES) lib/libpvfs2-server.a
+$(ADMINTOOLS_SERVER): %: %.o $(LIBRARIES)
 $(KERNAPPS): %: %.o $(LIBRARIES)
 $(KERNAPPSTHR): %: %.o $(LIBRARIES_THREADED)
 
@@ -769,7 +779,7 @@
 	$(E)rm -f $(LIBOBJS) $(LIBTHREADEDOBJS) $(SERVEROBJS) $(MISCOBJS) \
 		$(LIBRARIES) $(LIBRARIES_THREADED) $(DEPENDS) $(SERVER) \
 		$(ADMINOBJS) $(ADMINOBJS_SERVER) $(ADMINTOOLS)\
-		$(ADMINTOOLS_SERVER) lib/libpvfs2-server.a\
+		$(ADMINTOOLS_SERVER) \
 		$(KERNAPPOBJS) $(KERNAPPS) $(KERNAPPSTHR) \
 		$(VISS) $(VISMISCOBJS) $(VISOBJS) $(VISDEPENDS)\
 		$(VISMISCDEPENDS) $(KARMAOBJS) $(LIBPICOBJS) \
@@ -883,43 +893,48 @@
 	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/doc/man/*.5 $(mandir)/man5
 
 install:: all install_doc
-	install -d $(prefix)/include
-	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2.h $(prefix)/include
-	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-request.h $(prefix)/include
-	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-debug.h $(prefix)/include
-	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-sysint.h $(prefix)/include
-	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-mgmt.h $(prefix)/include
-	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-types.h $(prefix)/include
-	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-util.h $(prefix)/include
-	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-encode-stubs.h $(prefix)/include
-
-	install -d $(prefix)/lib
-	install -m 755 $(LIBRARIES) $(prefix)/lib
+	install -d $(includedir)
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2.h $(includedir)
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-request.h $(includedir)
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-debug.h $(includedir)
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-sysint.h $(includedir)
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-mgmt.h $(includedir)
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-types.h $(includedir)
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-util.h $(includedir)
+	install -m 644 $(srcdir)/include/pvfs2-encode-stubs.h $(includedir)
+
+	install -d $(libdir)
+	install -m 755 $(LIBRARIES) $(libdir)
+	install -m 755 $(LIBRARIES_THREADED) $(libdir)
+	$(LN_S) libpvfs2-threaded.so.$(SO_FULL) $(libdir)/libpvfs2-threaded.so.$(SO_MAJOR)
+	$(LN_S) libpvfs2-threaded.so.$(SO_FULL) $(libdir)/libpvfs2-threaded.so
+	$(LN_S) libpvfs2.so.$(SO_FULL) $(libdir)/libpvfs2.so.$(SO_MAJOR)
+	$(LN_S) libpvfs2.so.$(SO_FULL) $(libdir)/libpvfs2.so
 
 ifdef TARGET_OS_DARWIN
 #       TOC needs to be regenerated in libs after they get moved
 	ranlib $(patsubst %,$(prefix)/%,$(LIBRARIES))
 endif
 
-	install -d $(prefix)/bin
-	install -m 755 $(ADMINTOOLS) $(prefix)/bin
-	install -m 755 src/apps/admin/pvfs2-config $(prefix)/bin
+	install -d $(bindir)
+	install -m 755 $(ADMINTOOLS) $(bindir)
+	install -m 755 src/apps/admin/pvfs2-config $(bindir)
 	@# if we ever auto-generate genconfig, remove the $(srcdir)
-	install -m 755 $(srcdir)/src/apps/admin/pvfs2-genconfig $(prefix)/bin
-	install -m 755 $(srcdir)/src/apps/admin/pvfs2-config-convert $(prefix)/bin
+	install -m 755 $(srcdir)/src/apps/admin/pvfs2-genconfig $(bindir)
+	install -m 755 $(srcdir)/src/apps/admin/pvfs2-config-convert $(bindir)
 ifdef BUILD_KARMA
-	install -m 755 $(KARMA) $(prefix)/bin
+	install -m 755 $(KARMA) $(bindir)
 endif
 
-	install -d $(prefix)/sbin
+	install -d $(sbindir)
 
 ifdef BUILD_SERVER
-	install -m 755 $(ADMINTOOLS_SERVER) $(prefix)/bin
+	install -m 755 $(ADMINTOOLS_SERVER) $(bindir)
     ifeq ($(NPTL_WORKAROUND),)
-	install -m 755 $(SERVER) $(prefix)/sbin
+	install -m 755 $(SERVER) $(sbindir)
     else
-	install -m 755 $(srcdir)/$(SERVER_STUB) $(prefix)/sbin/pvfs2-server
-	install -m 755 $(SERVER) $(prefix)/sbin/pvfs2-server.bin
+	install -m 755 $(srcdir)/$(SERVER_STUB) $(sbindir)/pvfs2-server
+	install -m 755 $(SERVER) $(sbindir)/pvfs2-server.bin
     endif
 endif
 
@@ -939,9 +954,12 @@
 	install -m 755 src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2.ko $(KMOD_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: kmod_install
-kmod_install: kmod kernapps just_kmod_install
-	install -d $(prefix)/sbin
-	install -m 755 $(KERNAPPS) $(prefix)/sbin
+kmod_install: kmod kernapps_install just_kmod_install
+
+.PHONY: kernapps_install
+kernapps_install: kernapps
+	install -d $(sbindir)
+	install -m 755 $(KERNAPPS) $(sbindir)
 endif
 
 ifneq (,$(LINUX24_KERNEL_SRC))
@@ -960,12 +978,15 @@
 	install -m 755 src/kernel/linux-2.4/pvfs2.o $(KMOD_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: kmod24_install
-kmod24_install: kmod24 kernapps just_kmod24_install
-	install -d $(prefix)/sbin
-	install -m 755 $(KERNAPPS) $(prefix)/sbin
-	install -m 755 src/apps/kernel/linux/mount.pvfs2 $(prefix)/sbin
+kmod24_install: kmod24 kernapps_install just_kmod24_install
+
+.PHONY: kernapps_install
+kernapps_install: kernapps
+	install -d $(sbindir)
+	install -m 755 $(KERNAPPS) $(sbindir)
+	install -m 755 src/apps/kernel/linux/mount.pvfs2 $(sbindir)
 	@echo ""
 	@echo "For improved linux-2.4 support,"
-	@echo "install $(prefix)/sbin/mount.pvfs2 to /sbin/mount.pvfs2"
+	@echo "install $(sbindir)/mount.pvfs2 to /sbin/mount.pvfs2"
 	@echo ""
 endif