hello i built a libray 'librvssp.la' with
//rvsirx1/usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/gui/rvsxcon>automake --version automake (GNU automake) 1.5 Written by Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. and //rvsirx1/usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/gui/rvsxcon>libtool --version ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4b (1.970 2001/07/09 21:36:00) on //rvsirx1/usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/gui/rvsxcon>uname -a IRIX64 6.5 01200533 IP28 i linked a program 'rvsxcon' against this library without any errors. but when i run this program i got following message: //rvsirx1/usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/gui/rvsxcon>./rvsxcon 9625860:./rvsxcon: rld: Fatal Error: Cannot Successfully map soname 'librvssp.so..1' under any of the filenames /usr/people/rvsfox/local/lib/librvssp.so..1: /usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/lib/librvssp.so..1: /usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/system/lib/librvssp.so..1: /usr/lib32/librvssp.so..1: /usr/lib32/internal/librvssp.so..1: /lib32/librvssp.so..1: /opt/lib32/librvssp.so..1: /usr/people/rvsfox/local/lib/librvssp.so..1.1: /usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/lib/librvssp.so..1.1: /usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/system/lib/librvssp.so..1.1: /usr/lib32/librvssp.so..1.1: /usr/lib32/internal/librvssp.so..1.1: /lib32/librvssp.so..1.1: /opt/lib32/librvssp.so..1.1: i looked in my library path and found this library but with a false name (version): //rvsirx1/usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/gui/rvsxcon>echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH :/usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/system/lib:/usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/lib //rvsirx1/usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/gui/rvsxcon>ls /usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/lib/librvssp* /usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/lib/librvssp.a /usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/lib/librvssp.la /usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/lib/librvssp.so..1.0 /usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/lib/librvssp.so.1 /usr/people/ekjo/rvstopISA/lib/librvssp.so a cutaway from the 'Makefile.am' : librvssp_la_SOURCES = $(SHLIBSOURCES) librvssp_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(LINEDRIVERSH) $(DBIOBJECTS_LO) $(RPUOBJECTS_LO) $(RQLOBJECTS_LO) librvssp_la_LIBADD = $(LINEDRIVERSH) $(DBIOBJECTS_LO) $(RPUOBJECTS_LO) $(RQLOBJECTS_LO) why is there nothing between the dots behind '*.so' from the library name? thanks for help johannes