--- ../binutils-2.19/bfd/Makefile.am	2008-10-16 14:20:34.000000000 +0100
+++ bfd/Makefile.am	2008-11-21 15:52:53.000000000 +0000
@@ -994,12 +994,12 @@ bfdver.h: $(srcdir)/version.h $(srcdir)/
 	report_bugs_to="\"$(REPORT_BUGS_TO)\"" ;\
 	if test "x$(RELEASE)" = x ; then \
 	  bfd_version_date=`sed -n -e 's/.*DATE //p' < $(srcdir)/version.h` ;\
-	  bfd_version_string="\"$(VERSION).$${bfd_version_date}\"" ;\
-	  bfd_soversion="$(VERSION).$${bfd_version_date}" ;\
+	  bfd_version_string="\"$(VERSION)-%{release} $${bfd_version_date}\"" ;\
+	  bfd_soversion="$(VERSION)-%{release}" ;\
 	fi ;\
 	sed -e "s,@bfd_version@,$$bfd_version," \
 	    -e "s,@bfd_version_string@,$$bfd_version_string," \
-	    -e "s,@bfd_version_package@,$$bfd_version_package," \
+	    -e "s,@bfd_version_package@,\"version \"," \
 	    -e "s,@report_bugs_to@,$$report_bugs_to," \
 	    < $(srcdir)/version.h > $@; \
 	echo "$${bfd_soversion}" > libtool-soversion
--- ../binutils-2.19.50.0.1.orig/bfd/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 16:45:02.000000000 +0000
+++ bfd/Makefile.in	2008-11-21 16:57:07.000000000 +0000
@@ -1590,12 +1590,12 @@ bfdver.h: $(srcdir)/version.h $(srcdir)/
 	report_bugs_to="\"$(REPORT_BUGS_TO)\"" ;\
 	if test "x$(RELEASE)" = x ; then \
 	  bfd_version_date=`sed -n -e 's/.*DATE //p' < $(srcdir)/version.h` ;\
-	  bfd_version_string="\"$(VERSION).$${bfd_version_date}\"" ;\
-	  bfd_soversion="$(VERSION).$${bfd_version_date}" ;\
+	  bfd_version_string="\"$(VERSION)-%{release} $${bfd_version_date}\"" ;\
+	  bfd_soversion="$(VERSION)-%{release}" ;\
 	fi ;\
 	sed -e "s,@bfd_version@,$$bfd_version," \
 	    -e "s,@bfd_version_string@,$$bfd_version_string," \
-	    -e "s,@bfd_version_package@,$$bfd_version_package," \
+	    -e "s,@bfd_version_package@,\"version \"," \
 	    -e "s,@report_bugs_to@,$$report_bugs_to," \
 	    < $(srcdir)/version.h > $@; \
 	echo "$${bfd_soversion}" > libtool-soversion