diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9895738b..471d8491 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+1998-12-27  Thomas Tanner  <tanner@gmx.de>
+
+	* THANKS: added Erez Zadok <ezk@shekel.mcl.cs.columbia.edu>
+	
+1998-12-26  Erez Zadok  <ezk@shekel.mcl.cs.columbia.edu>
+
+	* ltconfig.in: support i486-ncr-sysv4.3.03
+	shared libraries.
+
+	* ltmain.in: before every ln -s, remove the link name
+
 1998-12-25  Thomas Tanner  <tanner@gmx.de>
 
 	* depdemo/configure.in: removed last relics of demo
diff --git a/ltconfig.in b/ltconfig.in
index fcc3d45b..d7e43ad7 100755
--- a/ltconfig.in
+++ b/ltconfig.in
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ else
     wl='-Qoption ld '
     ;;
 
-  sysv4.2uw2* | sysv5*)
+  sysv4.2uw2* | sysv5* | sysv4.3*)
     pic_flag='-KPIC'
     link_static_flag='-Bstatic'
     wl='-Wl,'
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ sunos4*)
   shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   ;;
 
-sysv4.2uw2*)
+sysv4.2uw2* | sysv4.3*)
   version_type=linux
   library_names_spec='${libname}${release}.so$versuffix ${libname}${release}.so$major $libname.so'
   soname_spec='${libname}${release}.so$major'
diff --git a/ltmain.in b/ltmain.in
index 43edde61..7c0cca9f 100644
--- a/ltmain.in
+++ b/ltmain.in
@@ -477,6 +477,8 @@ compiler."
 
       # If we have no pic_flag, then copy the object into place and finish.
       if test -z "$pic_flag"; then
+	$show $rm $obj
+	$run $rm $obj
 	$show "$LN_S $libobj $obj"
 	if $run $LN_S $libobj $obj; then
 	  exit 0
@@ -1723,6 +1725,8 @@ EOF
 	IFS="$save_ifs"
       else
 	# Just create a symlink.
+	$show $rm $libobj
+	$run $rm $libobj
 	$show "$LN_S $obj $libobj"
 	$run $LN_S $obj $libobj || exit $?
       fi