diff --git a/appl/popper/Makefile.in b/appl/popper/Makefile.in
index c88d479f3..302e460a6 100644
--- a/appl/popper/Makefile.in
+++ b/appl/popper/Makefile.in
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ dist: $(DISTFILES)
 	done
 
 kpopper: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) ../../lib/krb/libkrb.a ../../lib/des/libdes.a $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) -L../../lib/krb -lkrb -L../../lib/des -ldes -L../util/et -lcom_err $(LIBS)
 
 $(OBJECTS): ../../config.h
diff --git a/appl/telnet/Makefile.in b/appl/telnet/Makefile.in
index 8808dc3e0..e761a2d7c 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/Makefile.in
+++ b/appl/telnet/Makefile.in
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ clean cleandir:
 	for i in $(SUBDIRS); \
 	do (cd $$i; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) clean); done
 
+distclean: 
+	for i in $(SUBDIRS); \
+	do (cd $$i; $(MAKE) $(MFLAGS) distclean); done
+	rm -f Makefile config.status config.cache config.log config.h stamp-configure
diff --git a/appl/telnet/libtelnet/Makefile.in b/appl/telnet/libtelnet/Makefile.in
index ad35e3c07..3a9aa5c75 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/libtelnet/Makefile.in
+++ b/appl/telnet/libtelnet/Makefile.in
@@ -45,3 +45,6 @@ install:
 
 clean cleandir:
 	rm -f *.o *.a \#* *~ core
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -f Makefile
diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnet/Makefile.in b/appl/telnet/telnet/Makefile.in
index 7f9e49893..1e37b577f 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnet/Makefile.in
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnet/Makefile.in
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OBJECTS=authenc.o commands.o main.o network.o ring.o sys_bsd.o \
 
 libtop=../../../lib
 
-KLIB=$(libtop)/krb/libkrb.a $(libtop)/des/libdes.a
+KLIB=-L$(libtop)/krb -lkrb -L$(libtop)/des -ldes -L../../../util/et -lcom_err
 
 
 all: telnet
@@ -47,3 +47,6 @@ install: all
 
 clean cleandir:
 	rm -f *.o *.a telnet \#* *~ core
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -f Makefile
diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnetd/Makefile.in b/appl/telnet/telnetd/Makefile.in
index 893172899..657735035 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnetd/Makefile.in
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnetd/Makefile.in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ OBJECTS=telnetd.o state.o termstat.o slc.o sys_term.o \
 
 libtop=../../../lib
 
-KLIB=$(libtop)/kafs/libkafs.a $(libtop)/krb/libkrb.a $(libtop)/des/libdes.a
+KLIB=-L$(libtop)/kafs -lkafs -L$(libtop)/krb -lkrb -L$(libtop)/des -ldes -L../../../util/et -lcom_err
 
 
 all: telnetd
@@ -51,4 +51,6 @@ install: all
 clean cleandir:
 	rm -f *.o *.a telnetd \#* *~ core
 
+distclean: clean
+	rm -f Makefile
 
diff --git a/appl/xnlock/Makefile.in b/appl/xnlock/Makefile.in
index 06a280737..1996ec299 100644
--- a/appl/xnlock/Makefile.in
+++ b/appl/xnlock/Makefile.in
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ dist: $(DISTFILES)
 
 
 xnlock: xnlock.o
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ xnlock.o ../../lib/kafs/libkafs.a ../../lib/krb/libkrb.a ../../lib/des/libdes.a $(LIBS)
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ xnlock.o -L../../lib/kafs -lkafs -L../../lib/krb -lkrb -L../../lib/des -ldes  $(LIBS)
 
 $(OBJECTS): ../../config.h
diff --git a/lib/des/Makefile.in b/lib/des/Makefile.in
index b87ff7b7b..1496b3c64 100644
--- a/lib/des/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/des/Makefile.in
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ RANLIB = @RANLIB@
 DEFS = @DEFS@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 
+PICFLAGS = @PICFLAGS@
+
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_DATA	= @INSTALL_DATA@
 MKDIRHIER = @top_srcdir@/mkdirhier-sh
@@ -18,7 +20,12 @@ prefix = @prefix@
 exec_prefix = $(prefix)
 libdir = $(exec_prefix)/lib
 
-LIB = libdes.a
+PICFLAGS = @PICFLAGS@
+ 
+LIBNAME = libdes
+LIBEXT = @LIBEXT@
+MAJORVER = @MAJORVER@
+LIB = $(LIBNAME).$(LIBEXT)
 
 SOURCES = cbc_cksm.c cbc_enc.c ecb_enc.c pcbc_enc.c \
         qud_cksm.c read_pwd.c set_key.c str2key.c \
@@ -38,12 +45,11 @@ Wall:
 	make CFLAGS="-g -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__"
 
 .c.o:
-	$(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) -I../.. -I../../include -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../include $(CFLAGS) $<
+	$(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) -I../.. -I../../include -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../include $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) $<
 
 install: all
 	$(MKDIRHIER) $(prefix)/lib
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(LIB) $(libdir)
-	-$(RANLIB) $(libdir)/$(LIB)
 
 uninstall:
 
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@ TAGS: $(SOURCES)
 check:
 
 clean:
-	rm -f *.a *.o
+	rm -f $(LIB) *.o
 
 mostlyclean: clean
 
@@ -69,9 +75,13 @@ dist: $(DISTFILES)
 	    || cp -p $$file ../`cat ../.fname`/lib; \
 	done
 
-$(LIB): $(OBJECTS)
+$(LIBNAME).a: $(OBJECTS)
 	rm -f $@
 	$(AR) cr $@ $(OBJECTS)
 	-$(RANLIB) $@
 
+$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJORVER): $(OBJECTS)
+	rm -f $@
+	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -o $@ $(OBJECTS)
+
 $(OBJECTS): ../../config.h
diff --git a/lib/kafs/Makefile.in b/lib/kafs/Makefile.in
index adafe63f7..456911802 100644
--- a/lib/kafs/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/kafs/Makefile.in
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ prefix = @prefix@
 exec_prefix = $(prefix)
 libdir = $(exec_prefix)/lib
 
-LIB = libkafs.a
+PICFLAGS = @PICFLAGS@
+ 
+LIBNAME = libkafs
+LIBEXT = @LIBEXT@
+MAJORVER = @MAJORVER@
+LIB = $(LIBNAME).$(LIBEXT)
 
 SOURCES = afssys.c
 
@@ -32,12 +37,11 @@ Wall:
 	make CFLAGS="-g -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -D__USE_FIXED_PROTOTYPES__"
 
 .c.o:
-	$(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) -I../.. -I../../include -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../include $(CFLAGS) $<
+	$(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEFS) -I../.. -I../../include -I$(srcdir) -I$(srcdir)/../../include $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) $<
 
 install: all
 	$(MKDIRHIER) $(libdir)
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(LIB) $(libdir)
-	-$(RANLIB) $(libdir)/$(LIB)
 
 uninstall:
 
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ TAGS: $(SOURCES)
 check:
 
 clean:
-	rm -f *.a *.o
+	rm -f $(LIB) *.o
 
 mostlyclean: clean
 
@@ -63,10 +67,14 @@ dist: $(DISTFILES)
 	    || cp -p $$file ../`cat ../.fname`/lib; \
 	done
 
-$(LIB): $(OBJECTS)
+$(LIBNAME).a: $(OBJECTS)
 	rm -f $@
 	$(AR) cr $@ $(OBJECTS)
 	-if [ "$(AIX_SYSCALL_MAGIC)" = yes ] ; then $(AR) cr $@ $(srcdir)/afsl.exp ; fi
 	-$(RANLIB) $@
 
+$(LIBNAME).so.$(MAJORVER): $(OBJECTS)
+	rm -f $@
+	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@ -o $@ $(OBJECTS)
+
 $(OBJECTS): ../../config.h