diff -ur numpy-0.9.8.orig/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py numpy-0.9.8/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py
--- numpy-0.9.8.orig/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py	2006-04-10 03:21:26.000000000 -0400
+++ numpy-0.9.8/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py	2006-09-05 11:54:22.000000000 -0400
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         'compiler_f77' : [fc_exe,"-Wall","-fno-second-underscore"],
         'compiler_f90' : None,
         'compiler_fix' : None,
-        'linker_so'    : [fc_exe,"-Wall"],
+        'linker_so'    : [fc_exe,"-shared", "-Wall"],
         'archiver'     : ["ar", "-cr"],
         'ranlib'       : ["ranlib"],
         'linker_exe'   : [fc_exe,"-Wall"]
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
         'compiler_f77' : [fc_exe,"-Wall","-ffixed-form","-fno-second-underscore"],
         'compiler_f90' : [fc_exe,"-Wall","-fno-second-underscore"],
         'compiler_fix' : [fc_exe,"-Wall","-ffixed-form","-fno-second-underscore"],
-        'linker_so'    : [fc_exe,"-Wall"],
+        'linker_so'    : [fc_exe,"-shared", "-Wall"],
         'archiver'     : ["ar", "-cr"],
         'ranlib'       : ["ranlib"],
         'linker_exe'   : [fc_exe,"-Wall"]