diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index ea182b942c..8ff9fdc915 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ maketest.log
 cctest
 cctest.c
 cctest.a
+libcrypto.so.*
+libssl.so.*
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1524f4ec5e..30ac5d764f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 
  Changes between 0.9.5a and 0.9.6  [xx XXX 2000]
 
+  *) A first attempt at creating official support for shared
+     libraries through configuration.  I've kept it so the
+     default is static libraries only, and the OpenSSL programs
+     are always statically linked for now, but there are
+     preparations for dynamic linking in place.
+     This has been tested on Linux and True64.
+     [Richard Levitte]
+
   *) Randomness polling function for Win9x, as described in:
      Peter Gutmann, Software Generation of Practically Strong
      Random Numbers.
diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 94f4d6556d..cf5fe2007e 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ my $usage="Usage: Configure [no-<cipher> ...] [-Dxxx] [-lxxx] [-Lxxx] [-fxxx] [-
 # [no-]threads  [don't] try to create a library that is suitable for
 #               multithreaded applications (default is "threads" if we
 #               know how to do it)
+# [no-]shared	[don't] try to create shared libraries instead of static
+#		ones when possible.
 # no-asm        do not use assembler
 # no-dso        do not compile in any native shared-library methods. This
 #               will ensure that all methods just return NULL.
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ my $x86_bsdi_asm="asm/bn86bsdi.o asm/co86bsdi.o:asm/dx86bsdi.o asm/yx86bsdi.o:as
 # -DB_ENDIAN slows things down on a sparc for md5, but helps sha1.
 # So the md5_locl.h file has an undef B_ENDIAN if sun is defined
 
-#config-string	$cc : $cflags : $unistd : $thread_cflag : $lflags : $bn_ops : $bn_obj : $des_obj : $bf_obj : $md5_obj : $sha1_obj : $cast_obj : $rc4_obj : $rmd160_obj : $rc5_obj : $dso_scheme
+#config-string	$cc : $cflags : $unistd : $thread_cflag : $lflags : $bn_ops : $bn_obj : $des_obj : $bf_obj : $md5_obj : $sha1_obj : $cast_obj : $rc4_obj : $rmd160_obj : $rc5_obj : $dso_scheme : $shared_target : $shared_cflag
 
 my %table=(
 #"b",		"${tcc}:${tflags}::${tlib}:${bits1}:${tbn_mul}::",
@@ -245,9 +247,9 @@ my %table=(
 # Dec Alpha, OSF/1 - the alpha164-cc is the flags for a 21164A with
 # the new compiler
 # For gcc, the following gave a %50 speedup on a 164 over the 'DES_INT' version
-"alpha-gcc","gcc:-O3::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG RC4_CHUNK DES_UNROLL DES_RISC1:asm/alpha.o:::::::::dlfcn",
-"alpha-cc", "cc:-std1 -tune host -O4 -readonly_strings::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG RC4_CHUNK:asm/alpha.o:::::::::dlfcn",
-"alpha164-cc", "cc:-std1 -tune host -fast -readonly_strings::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG RC4_CHUNK:asm/alpha.o::",
+"alpha-gcc","gcc:-O3::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG RC4_CHUNK DES_UNROLL DES_RISC1:asm/alpha.o:::::::::dlfcn:true64-shared",
+"alpha-cc", "cc:-std1 -tune host -O4 -readonly_strings::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG RC4_CHUNK:asm/alpha.o:::::::::dlfcn:true64-shared",
+"alpha164-cc", "cc:-std1 -tune host -fast -readonly_strings::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG RC4_CHUNK:asm/alpha.o:::::::::dlfcn:true64-shared",
 "FreeBSD-alpha","gcc:-DTERMIOS -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG RC4_CHUNK DES_INT DES_PTR DES_RISC2:::",
 
 #### Alpha Linux with GNU C and Compaq C setups
@@ -273,7 +275,7 @@ my %table=(
 
 # The intel boxes :-), It would be worth seeing if bsdi-gcc can use the
 # bn86-elf.o file file since it is hand tweaked assembler.
-"linux-elf",	"gcc:-DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -m486 -Wall::-D_REENTRANT:-ldl:BN_LLONG ${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:${x86_elf_asm}:dlfcn",
+"linux-elf",	"gcc:-DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -m486 -Wall::-D_REENTRANT:-ldl:BN_LLONG ${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:${x86_elf_asm}:dlfcn:linux-shared:-fPIC",
 "debug-linux-elf","gcc:-DREF_CHECK -DBN_CTX_DEBUG -DCRYPTO_MDEBUG -DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -g -m486 -Wall::-D_REENTRANT:-lefence:BN_LLONG ${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:${x86_elf_asm}:dlfcn",
 "debug-linux-elf-noefence","gcc:-DREF_CHECK -DBN_CTX_DEBUG -DCRYPTO_MDEBUG -DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -g -m486 -Wall::-D_REENTRANT::BN_LLONG ${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:${x86_elf_asm}:dlfcn",
 "linux-aout",	"gcc:-DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -m486 -Wall::(unknown)::BN_LLONG ${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:${x86_out_asm}",
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ my %table=(
 "ncr-scde","cc:-O6 -Xa -Hoff=BEHAVED -686 -Hwide -Hiw::(unknown):-lsocket -lnsl:${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:::",
 
 # Linux on ARM
-"linux-elf-arm","gcc:-DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall::-D_REENTRANT::BN_LLONG::::::::::dlfcn",
+"linux-elf-arm","gcc:-DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall::-D_REENTRANT::BN_LLONG::::::::::dlfcn:linux-shared:-fPIC",
 
 # UnixWare 2.0
 "unixware-2.0","cc:-O -DFILIO_H::(unknown):-lsocket -lnsl:${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:::",
@@ -394,6 +396,7 @@ my $prefix="";
 my $openssldir="";
 my $install_prefix="";
 my $no_threads=0;
+my $no_shared=1;
 my $threads=0;
 my $no_asm=0;
 my $no_dso=0;
@@ -451,6 +454,10 @@ foreach (@ARGV)
 		{ $no_threads=1; }
 	elsif (/^threads$/)
 		{ $threads=1; }
+	elsif (/^no-shared$/)
+		{ $no_shared=1; }
+	elsif (/^shared$/)
+		{ $no_shared=0; }
 	elsif (/^no-symlinks$/)
 		{ $symlink=0; }
 	elsif (/^no-(.+)$/)
@@ -557,8 +564,8 @@ $openssldir=$prefix . "/" . $openssldir if $openssldir !~ /^\//;
 print "IsWindows=$IsWindows\n";
 
 (my $cc,my $cflags,my $unistd,my $thread_cflag,my $lflags,my $bn_ops,my $bn_obj,my $des_obj,my $bf_obj,
- $md5_obj,$sha1_obj,my $cast_obj,my $rc4_obj,$rmd160_obj,my $rc5_obj,my $dso_scheme)=
-	split(/\s*:\s*/,$table{$target} . ":" x 20 , -1);
+ $md5_obj,$sha1_obj,my $cast_obj,my $rc4_obj,$rmd160_obj,my $rc5_obj,my $dso_scheme,my $shared_target,my $shared_cflag)=
+	split(/\s*:\s*/,$table{$target} . ":" x 21 , -1);
 $cflags="$flags$cflags" if ($flags ne "");
 
 # The DSO code currently always implements all functions so that no
@@ -632,6 +639,16 @@ if ($threads)
 		$openssl_thread_defines .= $thread_defines;
 	}
 
+if ($no_shared)
+	{
+	$shared_target = "";
+	$shared_cflag = "";
+	}
+else
+	{
+	$cflags = "$shared_cflag $cflags";
+	}
+
 #my ($bn1)=split(/\s+/,$bn_obj);
 #$bn1 = "" unless defined $bn1;
 #$bn1=$bn_asm unless ($bn1 =~ /\.o$/);
@@ -663,13 +680,20 @@ if ($rmd160_obj =~ /\.o$/)
 my $version = "unknown";
 my $major = "unknown";
 my $minor = "unknown";
+my $shlib_version_number = "unknown";
+my $shlib_version_history = "unknown";
+my $shlib_major = "unknown";
+my $shlib_minor = "unknown";
 
 open(IN,'<crypto/opensslv.h') || die "unable to read opensslv.h:$!\n";
 while (<IN>)
 	{
 	$version=$1 if /OPENSSL.VERSION.TEXT.*OpenSSL (\S+) /;
+	$shlib_version_number=$1 if /SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER *"([^"]+)"/;
+	$shlib_version_history=$1 if /SHLIB_VERSION_HISTORY *"([^"]*)"/;
 	}
 close(IN);
+if ($shlib_version_history ne "") { $shlib_version_history .= ":"; }
 
 if ($version =~ /(^[0-9]*)\.([0-9\.]*)/)
 	{
@@ -677,6 +701,12 @@ if ($version =~ /(^[0-9]*)\.([0-9\.]*)/)
 	$minor=$2;
 	}
 
+if ($shlib_version_number =~ /(^[0-9]*)\.([0-9\.]*)/)
+	{
+	$shlib_major=$1;
+	$shlib_minor=$2;
+	}
+
 open(IN,'<Makefile.org') || die "unable to read Makefile.org:$!\n";
 open(OUT,">$Makefile") || die "unable to create $Makefile:$!\n";
 print OUT "### Generated automatically from Makefile.org by Configure.\n\n";
@@ -695,6 +725,10 @@ while (<IN>)
 	s/^VERSION=.*/VERSION=$version/;
 	s/^MAJOR=.*/MAJOR=$major/;
 	s/^MINOR=.*/MINOR=$minor/;
+	s/^SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER=.*/SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER=$shlib_version_number/;
+	s/^SHLIB_VERSION_HISTORY=.*/SHLIB_VERSION_HISTORY=$shlib_version_history/;
+	s/^SHLIB_MAJOR=.*/SHLIB_MAJOR=$shlib_major/;
+	s/^SHLIB_MINOR=.*/SHLIB_MINOR=$shlib_minor/;
 	s/^INSTALLTOP=.*$/INSTALLTOP=$prefix/;
 	s/^OPENSSLDIR=.*$/OPENSSLDIR=$openssldir/;
 	s/^INSTALL_PREFIX=.*$/INSTALL_PREFIX=$install_prefix/;
@@ -716,6 +750,8 @@ while (<IN>)
 	s/^PROCESSOR=.*/PROCESSOR= $processor/;
 	s/^RANLIB=.*/RANLIB= $ranlib/;
 	s/^PERL=.*/PERL= $perl/;
+	s/^SHLIB_TARGET=.*/SHLIB_TARGET=$shared_target/;
+	s/^LIBS=.*/LIBS=libcrypto\.so\* libssl\.so\*/ if (!$no_shared);
 	print OUT $_."\n";
 	}
 close(IN);
@@ -1024,5 +1060,7 @@ sub print_table_entry
 \$rmd160_obj   = $rmd160_obj
 \$rc5_obj      = $rc5_obj
 \$dso_scheme   = $dso_scheme
+\$shared_target= $shared_target
+\$shared_cflag = $shared_cflag
 EOF
 	}
diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index b48000c37e..3d718c0dbf 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -5,8 +5,14 @@
 VERSION=
 MAJOR=
 MINOR=
+SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER=
+SHLIB_VERSION_HISTORY=
+SHLIB_MAJOR=
+SHLIB_MINOR=
 PLATFORM=dist
 OPTIONS=
+SHLIB_TARGET=
+
 # INSTALL_PREFIX is for package builders so that they can configure
 # for, say, /usr/ and yet have everything installed to /tmp/somedir/usr/.
 # Normally it is left empty.
@@ -142,7 +148,14 @@ RMD160_ASM_OBJ= asm/rm86-out.o
 #RMD160_ASM_OBJ= asm/rm86-out.o       # a.out, FreeBSD
 #RMD160_ASM_OBJ= asm/rm86bsdi.o       # bsdi
 
-DIRS=   crypto ssl rsaref apps test tools
+# To do special treatment, use "directory names" starting with a period.
+# When we're prepared to use shared libraries in the programs we link here
+# we might have SHLIB_MARK1 get the value ".shlib." and SHLIB_MARK2 be empty,
+# or have that configurable.
+SHLIB_MARK1=.shlib-clean.
+SHLIB_MARK2=.shlib.
+
+DIRS=   crypto ssl rsaref $(SHLIB_MARK1) apps test tools $(SHLIB_MARK2)
 SHLIBDIRS= crypto ssl
 
 # dirs in crypto to build
@@ -165,7 +178,8 @@ TOP=    .
 ONEDIRS=out tmp
 EDIRS=  times doc bugs util include certs ms shlib mt demos perl sf dep VMS
 WDIRS=  windows
-LIBS=   libcrypto.a libssl.a 
+LIBS=   libcrypto.a libssl.a
+SHARED_LIBS=libcrypto.so libssl.so
 
 GENERAL=        Makefile
 BASENAME=       openssl
@@ -176,36 +190,84 @@ EXHEADER=       e_os.h e_os2.h
 HEADER=         e_os.h
 
 all: Makefile.ssl
-	@for i in $(DIRS) ;\
+	@need_shlib=true; \
+	for i in $(DIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i && echo "making all in $$i..." && \
-	$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' PLATFORM='${PLATFORM}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' SDIRS='${SDIRS}' AR='${AR}' PROCESSOR='${PROCESSOR}' PERL='${PERL}' RANLIB='${RANLIB}' all ) || exit 1; \
-	done
-	-@# cd crypto; $(MAKE) CC='${CC}' PLATFORM='${PLATFORM}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' SDIRS='${SDIRS}' AR='${AR}' PROCESSOR='${PROCESSOR}' PERL='${PERL}' RANLIB='${RANLIB}' testapps
-	-@# cd perl; $(PERL) Makefile.PL; make
+	if [ "$$i" = ".shlib-clean." ]; then \
+		if [ "$(SHLIB_TARGET)" != "" ]; then \
+			$(MAKE) clean-shared; \
+		fi; \
+	elif [ "$$i" = ".shlib." ]; then \
+		if [ "$(SHLIB_TARGET)" != "" ]; then \
+			$(MAKE) $(SHARED_LIBS); \
+		fi; \
+		need_shlib=false; \
+	else \
+		(cd $$i && echo "making all in $$i..." && \
+		$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' PLATFORM='${PLATFORM}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' SDIRS='${SDIRS}' AR='${AR}' PROCESSOR='${PROCESSOR}' PERL='${PERL}' RANLIB='${RANLIB}' all ) || exit 1; \
+	fi; \
+	done; \
+	if $$need_shlib && [ "$(SHLIB_TARGET)" != "" ]; then :; else \
+		$(MAKE) $(SHARED_LIBS); \
+	fi
 
 sub_all:
-	@for i in $(DIRS) ;\
+	@need_shlib=true; \
+	for i in $(DIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i && echo "making all in $$i..." && \
-	$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' PLATFORM='${PLATFORM}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' SDIRS='$(SDIRS)' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' AR='${AR}' PROCESSOR='${PROCESSOR}' PERL='${PERL}' RANLIB='${RANLIB}' all ) || exit 1; \
-	done;
+	if [ "$$i" = ".shlib-clean." ]; then \
+		if [ "$(SHLIB_TARGET)" != "" ]; then \
+			$(MAKE) clean-shared; \
+		fi; \
+	elif [ "$$i" = ".shlib." ]; then \
+		if [ "$(SHLIB_TARGET)" != "" ]; then \
+			$(MAKE) $(SHARED_LIBS); \
+		fi; \
+		need_shlib=false; \
+	else \
+		(cd $$i && echo "making all in $$i..." && \
+		$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' PLATFORM='${PLATFORM}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' SDIRS='$(SDIRS)' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' AR='${AR}' PROCESSOR='${PROCESSOR}' PERL='${PERL}' RANLIB='${RANLIB}' all ) || exit 1; \
+	fi; \
+	done; \
+	if $$need_shlib && [ "$(SHLIB_TARGET)" != "" ]; then :; else \
+		$(MAKE) $(SHARED_LIBS); \
+	fi
+
+libcrypto.so: libcrypto.a
+	$(MAKE) $(SHLIB_TARGET)
+libssl.so: libcrypto.so libssl.a
+	$(MAKE) $(SHLIB_TARGET)
+
+clean-shared:
+	for i in ${SHLIBDIRS}; do \
+	rm -f lib$$i.so \
+		lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR} \
+		lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}.${SHLIB_MINOR}; \
+	done
 
 linux-shared:
-	for i in ${SHLIBDIRS}; do \
-	rm -f lib$$i.a lib$$i.so \
-		lib$$i.so.${MAJOR} lib$$i.so.${MAJOR}.${MINOR}; \
-	${MAKE} CC='${CC}' PLATFORM='${PLATFORM}' CFLAG='-fPIC ${CFLAG}' SDIRS='${SDIRS}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' AR='${AR}' DIRS=$$i clean all || exit 1; \
-	( set -x; ${CC}  -shared -o lib$$i.so.${MAJOR}.${MINOR} \
-		-Wl,-S,-soname=lib$$i.so.${MAJOR} \
+	libs=; for i in ${SHLIBDIRS}; do \
+	rm -f lib$$i.so \
+		lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR} \
+		lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}.${SHLIB_MINOR}; \
+	( set -x; ${CC}  -shared -o lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}.${SHLIB_MINOR} \
+		-Wl,-S,-soname=lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR} \
 		-Wl,--whole-archive lib$$i.a \
-		-Wl,--no-whole-archive -lc ) || exit 1; \
-	rm -f lib$$i.a; make -C $$i clean || exit 1 ;\
+		-Wl,--no-whole-archive -lc $$libs ) || exit 1; \
+	libs="$$libs -L. -l$$i"; \
+	( set -x; \
+		ln -s lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}.${SHLIB_MINOR} \
+			lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}; \
+		ln -s lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR} lib$$i.so ); \
 	done;
-	@set -x; \
-	for i in ${SHLIBDIRS}; do \
-	ln -s lib$$i.so.${MAJOR}.${MINOR} lib$$i.so.${MAJOR}; \
-	ln -s lib$$i.so.${MAJOR} lib$$i.so; \
+
+# This assumes that GNU utilities are *not* used
+true64-shared:
+	libs=; for i in ${SHLIBDIRS}; do \
+	( set -x; ${CC}  -shared -no_archive -o lib$$i.so \
+		-set_version "${SHLIB_VERSION_HISTORY}${SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER}" \
+		-all lib$$i.a -none -lc $$libs ) || exit 1; \
+	libs="$$libs -L. -l$$i"; \
 	done;
 
 Makefile.ssl: Makefile.org
@@ -220,9 +282,11 @@ clean:
 	rm -f shlib/*.o *.o core a.out fluff *.map rehash.time testlog make.log cctest cctest.c
 	@for i in $(DIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i && echo "making clean in $$i..." && \
-	$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' clean ) || exit 1; \
-	rm -f $(LIBS); \
+	if echo "$$i" | grep -v '^\.'; then \
+		(cd $$i && echo "making clean in $$i..." && \
+		$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' clean ) || exit 1; \
+		rm -f $(LIBS); \
+	fi; \
 	done;
 	rm -f *.a *.o speed.* *.map *.so .pure core
 	rm -f $(TARFILE)
@@ -239,8 +303,10 @@ files:
 	$(PERL) $(TOP)/util/files.pl Makefile.ssl > $(TOP)/MINFO
 	@for i in $(DIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i && echo "making 'files' in $$i..." && \
-	$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' PERL='${PERL}' files ) || exit 1; \
+	if echo "$$i" | grep -v '^\.'; then \
+		(cd $$i && echo "making 'files' in $$i..." && \
+		$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' PERL='${PERL}' files ) || exit 1; \
+	fi; \
 	done;
 
 links:
@@ -248,16 +314,20 @@ links:
 	@$(PERL) $(TOP)/util/mkdir-p.pl include/openssl
 	@$(PERL) $(TOP)/util/mklink.pl include/openssl $(EXHEADER)
 	@for i in $(DIRS); do \
-	(cd $$i && echo "making links in $$i..." && \
-	$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' PLATFORM='${PLATFORM}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' SDIRS='$(SDIRS)' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' AR='${AR}' PERL='${PERL}' links ) || exit 1; \
+	if echo "$$i" | grep -v '^\.'; then \
+		(cd $$i && echo "making links in $$i..." && \
+		$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' PLATFORM='${PLATFORM}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' SDIRS='$(SDIRS)' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' PEX_LIBS='${PEX_LIBS}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' BN_ASM='${BN_ASM}' DES_ENC='${DES_ENC}' BF_ENC='${BF_ENC}' CAST_ENC='${CAST_ENC}' RC4_ENC='${RC4_ENC}' RC5_ENC='${RC5_ENC}' SHA1_ASM_OBJ='${SHA1_ASM_OBJ}' MD5_ASM_OBJ='${MD5_ASM_OBJ}' RMD160_ASM_OBJ='${RMD160_ASM_OBJ}' AR='${AR}' PERL='${PERL}' links ) || exit 1; \
+	fi; \
 	done;
 
 dclean:
 	rm -f *.bak
 	@for i in $(DIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i && echo "making dclean in $$i..." && \
-	$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' PERL='${PERL}' dclean ) || exit 1; \
+	if echo "$$i" | grep -v '^\.'; then \
+		(cd $$i && echo "making dclean in $$i..." && \
+		$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' PERL='${PERL}' dclean ) || exit 1; \
+	fi; \
 	done;
 
 rehash: rehash.time
@@ -278,22 +348,28 @@ report:
 depend:
 	@for i in $(DIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i && echo "making dependencies $$i..." && \
-	$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' DEPFLAG='${DEPFLAG}' depend ) || exit 1; \
+	if echo "$$i" | grep -v '^\.'; then \
+		(cd $$i && echo "making dependencies $$i..." && \
+		$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' DEPFLAG='${DEPFLAG}' depend ) || exit 1; \
+	fi; \
 	done;
 
 lint:
 	@for i in $(DIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i && echo "making lint $$i..." && \
-	$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' lint ) || exit 1; \
+	if echo "$$i" | grep -v '^\.'; then \
+		(cd $$i && echo "making lint $$i..." && \
+		$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' lint ) || exit 1; \
+	fi; \
 	done;
 
 tags:
 	@for i in $(DIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i && echo "making tags $$i..." && \
-	$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' tags ) || exit 1; \
+	if echo "$$i" | grep -v '^\.'; then \
+		(cd $$i && echo "making tags $$i..." && \
+		$(MAKE) SDIRS='${SDIRS}' tags ) || exit 1; \
+	fi; \
 	done;
 
 errors:
@@ -352,15 +428,19 @@ install: all install_docs
 	done;
 	@for i in $(DIRS) ;\
 	do \
-	(cd $$i; echo "installing $$i..."; \
-	$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALL_PREFIX='${INSTALL_PREFIX}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' OPENSSLDIR='${OPENSSLDIR}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' SDIRS='${SDIRS}' RANLIB='${RANLIB}' install ); \
+	if echo "$$i" | grep -v '^\.'; then \
+		(cd $$i; echo "installing $$i..."; \
+		$(MAKE) CC='${CC}' CFLAG='${CFLAG}' INSTALL_PREFIX='${INSTALL_PREFIX}' INSTALLTOP='${INSTALLTOP}' OPENSSLDIR='${OPENSSLDIR}' EX_LIBS='${EX_LIBS}' SDIRS='${SDIRS}' RANLIB='${RANLIB}' install ); \
+	fi; \
 	done
 	@for i in $(LIBS) ;\
 	do \
-	(       echo installing $$i; \
-		cp $$i $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib; \
-		$(RANLIB) $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib/$$i; \
-		chmod 644 $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib/$$i ); \
+		if [ -f "$$i" ]; then \
+		(       echo installing $$i; \
+			cp $$i $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib; \
+			$(RANLIB) $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib/$$i; \
+			chmod 644 $(INSTALL_PREFIX)$(INSTALLTOP)/lib/$$i ); \
+		fi \
 	done
 
 install_docs:
diff --git a/crypto/opensslv.h b/crypto/opensslv.h
index 7fcc1ad417..90b0fe2c02 100644
--- a/crypto/opensslv.h
+++ b/crypto/opensslv.h
@@ -29,4 +29,57 @@
 #define OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT	"OpenSSL 0.9.5b-dev 1 Apr 2000"
 #define OPENSSL_VERSION_PTEXT	" part of " OPENSSL_VERSION_TEXT
 
+
+/* The macros below are to be used for shared library (.so, .dll, ...)
+ * versioning.  That kind of versioning works a bit differently between
+ * operating systems.  The most usual scheme is to set a major and a minor
+ * number, and have the runtime loader check that the major number is equal
+ * to what it was at application link time, while the minor number has to
+ * be greater or equal to what it was at application link time.  With this
+ * scheme, the version number is usually part of the file name, like this:
+ *
+ *	libcrypto.so.0.9
+ *
+ * Some unixen also make a softlink with the major verson number only:
+ *
+ *	libcrypto.so.0
+ *
+ * On True64 it works a little bit differently.  There, the shared library
+ * version is stored in the file, and is actually a series of versions,
+ * separated by colons.  The rightmost version present in the library when
+ * linking an application is stored in the application to be matched at
+ * run time.  When the application is run, a check is done to see if the
+ * library version stored in the application matches any of the versions
+ * in the version string of the library itself.
+ * This version string can be constructed in any way, depending on what
+ * kind of matching is desired.  However, to implement the same scheme as
+ * the one used in the other unixen, all compatible versions, from lowest
+ * to highest, should be part of the string.  Consecutive builds would
+ * give the following versions strings:
+ *
+ *	3.0
+ *	3.0:3.1
+ *	3.0:3.1:3.2
+ *	4.0
+ *	4.0:4.1
+ *
+ * Notice how version 4 is completely incompatible with version, and
+ * therefore give the breach you can see.
+ *
+ * There may be other schemes as well that I haven't yet discovered.
+ *
+ * So, here's the way it works here: first of all, the library version
+ * number doesn't need at all to match the overall OpenSSL version.
+ * However, it's nice and more understandable if it actually does.
+ * The current library version is stored in the macro SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER,
+ * which is just a piece of text in the format "M.m.e" (Major, minor, edit).
+ * For the sake of True64 and any other OS that behaves in similar ways,
+ * we need to keep a history of version numbers, which is done in the
+ * macro SHLIB_VERSION_HISTORY.  The numbers are separated by colons and
+ * should only keep the versions that are binary compatible with the current.
+ */
+#define SHLIB_VERSION_HISTORY ""
+#define SHLIB_VERSION_NUMBER "0.9.5b"
+
+
 #endif /* HEADER_OPENSSLV_H */