diff --git a/Makefile.org b/Makefile.org
index a1c40d2d2f..dc3099eb60 100644
--- a/Makefile.org
+++ b/Makefile.org
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ link-shared:
 		if [ -n "$(SHARED_LIBS_LINK_EXTS)" ]; then \
 			tmp="$(SHARED_LIBS_LINK_EXTS)"; \
 			for j in $${tmp:-x}; do \
-				( set -x; ln -s -f $$prev lib$$i$$j ); \
+				( set -x; ln -f -s $$prev lib$$i$$j ); \
 				prev=lib$$i$$j; \
 			done; \
 		fi; \
@@ -251,7 +251,8 @@ link-shared:
 build-shared: clean-shared do_$(SHLIB_TARGET) link-shared
 
 do_bsd-gcc-shared: linux-shared
-do_linux-shared:
+do_linux-shared: do_gnu-shared
+do_gnu-shared:
 	libs='-L. ${SHLIBDEPS}'; for i in ${SHLIBDIRS}; do \
 	( set -x; ${CC}  -shared -o lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}.${SHLIB_MINOR} \
 		-Wl,-S,-soname=lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}.${SHLIB_MINOR} \
@@ -272,7 +273,8 @@ do_tru64-shared:
 # This assumes that GNU utilities are *not* used
 do_solaris-shared:
 	libs='-L. ${SHLIBDEPS}'; for i in ${SHLIBDIRS}; do \
-	( set -x; ${CC}  -G -o lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}.${SHLIB_MINOR} \
+	( PATH=/usr/ccs/bin:$$PATH ; export PATH; \
+	  set -x; ${CC}  -G -o lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}.${SHLIB_MINOR} \
 		-h lib$$i.so.${SHLIB_MAJOR}.${SHLIB_MINOR} \
 		-z allextract lib$$i.a $$libs ${EX_LIBS} -lc ) || exit 1; \
 	libs="$$libs -l$$i"; \