$OpenBSD: patch-configure_in,v 1.1 2005/11/02 18:20:58 alek Exp $
--- configure.in.orig	Wed May 18 14:19:59 2005
+++ configure.in	Sun Sep 25 11:43:10 2005
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ OCTAVE_SET_DEFAULT(localapifcnfiledir,
 OCTAVE_SET_DEFAULT(localverfcnfiledir, '$(datadir)/octave/$(version)/site/m')
 OCTAVE_SET_DEFAULT(localfcnfilepath,
   '$(localverfcnfiledir)//:$(localapifcnfiledir)//:$(localfcnfiledir)//')
-OCTAVE_SET_DEFAULT(octlibdir, '$(libdir)/octave-$(version)')
+OCTAVE_SET_DEFAULT(octlibdir, '$(libdir)')
 OCTAVE_SET_DEFAULT(archlibdir,
   '$(libexecdir)/octave/$(version)/exec/$(canonical_host_type)')
 OCTAVE_SET_DEFAULT(localarchlibdir,
@@ -662,8 +662,8 @@ FPICFLAG=-fPIC
 SHLEXT=so
 SHLLIB='$(SHLEXT)'
 SHLBIN=
-SHLEXT_VER='$(SHLEXT).$(version)'
-SHLLIB_VER='$(SHLLIB).$(version)'
+SHLEXT_VER='$(SHLEXT).$(libversion)'
+SHLLIB_VER='$(SHLLIB).$(libversion)'
 SHLBIN_VER='$(SHLBIN).$(version)'
 SHLLINKEXT=
 SH_LD='$(CXX)'
@@ -678,9 +678,13 @@ TEMPLATE_AR='$(AR)'
 TEMPLATE_ARFLAGS="$ARFLAGS"
 library_path_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 case "$canonical_host_type" in
-  *-*-386bsd* | *-*-openbsd* | *-*-netbsd*)
+  *-*-386bsd* | *-*-netbsd*)
     SH_LD=ld
     SH_LDFLAGS=-Bshareable
+  ;;
+  *-*-openbsd*)
+    SH_LD='$(CXX)'
+    SH_LDFLAGS='-shared -fPIC'
   ;;
   *-*-freebsd*)
     SH_LD='$(CC)'