The gnulib manual would also be amended to describe how to use the module, along the following lines.
You need to add to configure.ac this line: gl_LINKER_SCRIPT([$srcdir/lib/shishi.vers]) And in Makefile.am add something like this: if HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT libshishi_la_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/shishi.vers endif The version script file is documented in the LD manual, but a short example would be: SHISHI_0.0 { global: shishi*; local: *; }; The content needs to be adapted to your particular library. /Simon