[m-rev.] for review: fix Alpha shared library problems

[Fergus Henderson]

On 13-May-2002, Simon Taylor <stayl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> 
> Fix link problems on murlibobo caused by my recent changes
> to the way libmer_std.so and libmer_browser.so are built.
> The linker doesn't like shared libraries being renamed
> after they are built.

Note that renaming shared libraries works OK on Digital Unix so long as
you explicitly specify what the final name will be when you create the
library, using the `-soname=...' ld option.

But your solution is better than fooling around with explicit `-soname='
options.

This change looks fine.

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