Author: Henning Meirer-Geinitz

    Use "libsane" soname for every backend (all systems but AIX and mingw)

diff --git a/ltmain.sh b/ltmain.sh
--- a/ltmain.sh
+++ b/ltmain.sh
@@ -9708,6 +9708,23 @@
 	  dlname=$soname
 	fi
 
+	# If -module or -export-dynamic was specified, set the dlname
+	if test "$module" = yes || test "$export_dynamic" = yes; then
+	  # On all known operating systems, these are identical.
+	  dlname="$soname"
+	fi
+
+	# On sane-backends the internal name for every lib is "libsane"
+	# not "libsane-backendname" so that linking to each backend is possible.
+	case $host in
+	  *mingw*)
+	    ;;
+	  *aix*)
+	    ;;
+	  *)
+	    soname=`echo $soname | sed -e "s/libsane-[A-Za-z_0-9]*/libsane/g"`
+	esac
+
 	lib=$output_objdir/$realname
 	linknames=
 	for link
@@ -10166,12 +10183,6 @@
 	    func_show_eval '(cd "$output_objdir" && $RM "$linkname" && $LN_S "$realname" "$linkname")' 'exit $?'
 	  fi
 	done
-
-	# If -module or -export-dynamic was specified, set the dlname.
-	if test yes = "$module" || test yes = "$export_dynamic"; then
-	  # On all known operating systems, these are identical.
-	  dlname=$soname
-	fi
       fi
       ;;
 
