--- tcl8.4.15/unix/configure.in.confi	2007-05-24 22:40:13.000000000 +0200
+++ tcl8.4.15/unix/configure.in	2007-08-08 12:50:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
 	}], tcl_cv_strstr_unbroken=ok, tcl_cv_strstr_unbroken=broken,
 	    tcl_cv_strstr_unbroken=broken)])
     if test $tcl_cv_strstr_unbroken = broken; then
-        LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS strstr.o"
+        AC_LIBOBJ([strstr])
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
     fi
 fi
 if test $tcl_ok = 0; then
-    LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS strtoul.o"
+    AC_LIBOBJ([strtoul])
 fi
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
     fi
 fi
 if test $tcl_ok = 0; then
-    LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS strtod.o"
+    AC_LIBOBJ([strtod])
 fi
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@
     AC_CHECK_LIB(inet, strncasecmp, tcl_ok=1, tcl_ok=0)
 fi
 if test "$tcl_ok" = 0; then
-    LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS strncasecmp.o"
+    AC_LIBOBJ([strncasecmp])
 fi
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
 elif test "$prefix" != "$exec_prefix"; then
     TCL_PACKAGE_PATH="${libdir} ${prefix}/lib"
 else
-    TCL_PACKAGE_PATH="${prefix}/lib"
+    TCL_PACKAGE_PATH="${libdir} ${prefix}/share ${prefix}/share/tcl8.4 ${libdir}/tcl8.4"
 fi
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
--- tcl8.4.15/unix/tcl.m4.confi	2007-05-24 22:40:13.000000000 +0200
+++ tcl8.4.15/unix/tcl.m4	2007-08-09 07:51:59.000000000 +0200
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@
 
 	    # AIX v<=4.1 has some different flags than 4.2+
 	    if test "$system" = "AIX-4.1" -o "`uname -v`" -lt "4" ; then
-		LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS tclLoadAix.o"
+		AC_LIBOBJ([tclLoadAix])
 		DL_LIBS="-lld"
 	    fi
 
@@ -1345,11 +1345,11 @@
 	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
 
 	    if test "$have_dl" = yes; then
-		SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+		SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} -shared ${LDFLAGS} -Wl,-soname,${@}'
 		DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 		DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
-		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
+		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS=''
 		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    else
 		AC_CHECK_HEADER(dld.h, [
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@
 	    # is kind of overkill but it works.
 	    # Disable inlining only when one of the
 	    # files in compat/*.c is being linked in.
-	    if test x"${LIBOBJS}" != x ; then
+	    if test x"${LIB@&t@OBJS}" != x ; then
 	        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-inline"
 	    fi
 
@@ -2633,7 +2633,7 @@
 		}], tcl_cv_strtod_buggy=ok, tcl_cv_strtod_buggy=buggy,
 		    tcl_cv_strtod_buggy=buggy)])
 	if test "$tcl_cv_strtod_buggy" = buggy; then
-	    LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS fixstrtod.o"
+	    AC_LIBOBJ([fixstrtod])
 	    AC_DEFINE(strtod, fixstrtod)
 	fi
     fi
--- tcl8.4.15/unix/Makefile.in.confi	2007-05-24 22:40:13.000000000 +0200
+++ tcl8.4.15/unix/Makefile.in	2007-08-08 12:50:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@
 	    fi
 	@echo "Installing $(LIB_FILE) to $(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/"
 	@@INSTALL_LIB@
-	@chmod 555 $(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/$(LIB_FILE)
+	@chmod 755 $(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/$(LIB_FILE)
 	@if test "$(TCL_BUILD_EXP_FILE)" != ""; then \
 	    echo "Installing $(TCL_EXP_FILE) to $(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)/"; \
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $(TCL_BUILD_EXP_FILE) \