diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-aix b/icu4c/source/config/mh-aix
index 9fe45fea8e2..d322a1cfc14 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-aix
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-aix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-aix,v 1.22 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-aix,v 1.23 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Commands to generate dependency files
 GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -E -M $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
@@ -34,35 +34,12 @@ LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LIBPATH
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 #LD_SONAME = -Wl, 
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
-#AIX does not have versioning support
-#so we tag the major and minor versions to so
 SO=		so
 
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = o
 
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -l$(ICUPREFIX)data
-LIBICUUC=       -brtl -L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc $(LIBICUDT)
-LIBICUI18N= 	-brtl -L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-brtl -L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL= -brtl -L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -brtl -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Special AIX rules
 
 ## Build archive from shared object
@@ -103,9 +80,10 @@ LIBUSTDIO=      -brtl -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
 	@$(SHELL) -ec '$(GEN_DEPS.cc) $< > /dev/null 2>&1'
 
 ## Versioned libraries rules
-%.$(SO): 
-	@echo "Generating symbolic link for $@ : $<"
-	@$(SHELL) -ec  'rm -f $@; ln -fs $(FINAL_SO_TARGET) $@'
+%.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
+	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $< $@
+%.$(SO): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
+	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $*.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) $@
 
 ## BIR  - bind with internal references [so app data and icu data doesn't collide]
 BIR_LDFLAGS= -E$(NAME).map -bnoexpall
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-aix-va b/icu4c/source/config/mh-aix-va
index c15f08beaaf..cd7c5eafb52 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-aix-va
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-aix-va
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-aix-va,v 1.11 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-aix-va,v 1.12 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Commands to generate dependency files
 GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -E -M $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
@@ -31,33 +31,12 @@ LD_RPATH_PRE=
 ## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
 LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LIBPATH
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 ## AIX doesnot support versioning so we tag the version to name
 SO=		so.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = o
 
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUUC= 	-L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Special AIX rules
 
 ## Build archive from shared object
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-alpha-linux-cc b/icu4c/source/config/mh-alpha-linux-cc
index 86c29494948..58d56dbde79 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-alpha-linux-cc
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-alpha-linux-cc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-alpha-linux-cc,v 1.3 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-alpha-linux-cc,v 1.4 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Commands to generate dependency files
 #GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) -MD -c -msg_quiet
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) -D_LP64 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -D__USE_STD_IOSTRE
 
 
 ## Commands to link
-LINK.c=		$(CC) -D_LP64 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) 
-LINK.cc=	$(CXX) -D_LP64 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) 
+LINK.c=		$(CC) -D_LP64 -call_shared $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) 
+LINK.cc=	$(CXX) -D_LP64 -call_shared $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) 
 
 ## Commands to make a shared library
 SHLIB.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared 
@@ -35,39 +35,14 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
 LD_RPATH=	$(LD_RPATH)$(LD_RPATH_PRE)path1	
 LD_RPATH_PRE=	-Wl,-rpath,
 
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 LD_SONAME = -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO = so
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = ao
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -l$(ICUPREFIX)data
-LIBICUUC= 	-call_shared -L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc $(LIBICUDT)
-LIBICUI18N= 	-call_shared -L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-alpha-linux-gcc b/icu4c/source/config/mh-alpha-linux-gcc
index 51f279e1275..e437049daaa 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-alpha-linux-gcc
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-alpha-linux-gcc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-alpha-linux-gcc,v 1.3 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-alpha-linux-gcc,v 1.4 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Commands to generate dependency files
 GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ THREADSCPPFLAGS = -D_REENTRANT
 COMPILE.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -mieee
 COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c -mieee
 
-## Commands to link
-LINK.c=		$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-LINK.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
 ## Commands to make a shared library
 SHLIB.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
 SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
@@ -34,39 +30,14 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
 LD_RPATH=	
 LD_RPATH_PRE=	-Wl,-rpath,
 
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 LD_SONAME = -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO = so
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = ao
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -l$(ICUPREFIX)data
-LIBICUUC= 	-L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc $(LIBICUDT)
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-bsd-gcc b/icu4c/source/config/mh-bsd-gcc
index c8d17b82aa1..419eafe8880 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-bsd-gcc
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-bsd-gcc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-bsd-gcc,v 1.3 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-bsd-gcc,v 1.4 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Commands to generate dependency files
 GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ SHAREDLIBCFLAGS = -fPIC
 SHAREDLIBCXXFLAGS = -fPIC
 SHAREDLIBCPPFLAGS = -DPIC
 
-## Commands to compile
-COMPILE.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
-COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
-
-## Commands to link
-LINK.c=		$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-LINK.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
 ## Commands to make a shared library
 SHLIB.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
 SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
@@ -30,39 +22,14 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
 LD_RPATH=	
 LD_RPATH_PRE=	-Wl,-rpath,
 
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 LD_SONAME = -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO=		so
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = ao
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -l$(ICUPREFIX)data
-LIBICUUC=       -L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc $(LIBICUDT)
-LIBICUI18N=     -L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW=     -L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL= -L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-cygwin b/icu4c/source/config/mh-cygwin
index ca976bf0f6e..9760801a5e7 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-cygwin
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-cygwin
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 2001, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-cygwin,v 1.2 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-cygwin,v 1.3 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Commands to generate dependency files
 GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ SHAREDLIBCPPFLAGS = -DPIC
 LIBCPPFLAGS = -D_REENTRANT
 THREADSCPPFLAGS = -D_REENTRANT
 
-## Commands to compile
-COMPILE.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
-COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
-
-## Commands to link
-LINK.c=		$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-LINK.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
 ## Commands to make a shared library
 SHLIB.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
 SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
@@ -34,38 +26,14 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
 LD_RPATH=	
 LD_RPATH_PRE=	-Wl,-rpath,
 
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 LD_SONAME = -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO = so
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = ao
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUUC= 	-L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin b/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin
index 3ddabe72017..45db59501f5 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-darwin
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-darwin,v 1.17 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-darwin,v 1.18 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Flags for position independent code
 SHAREDLIBCFLAGS = -dynamic
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ GEN_DEPS.cc=	$(CXX) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 COMPILE.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -fno-common -c
 COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -fno-common -c
 
-## Commands to link
-LINK.c=		$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-LINK.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
 ## Commands to make a shared library
 SHLIB.c=	$(CC) -dynamiclib -dynamic $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -install_name $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(TARGET)
 SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) -dynamiclib -dynamic $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -install_name $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(TARGET)
@@ -31,35 +27,15 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) -dynamiclib -dynamic $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 LD_RPATH=	-L
 LD_RPATH_PRE=	
 
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
 ## Versioned target for a shared library.
 FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET)
 MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = 
 
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO=		dylib
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = ao
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUUC= 	-L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-hpux-acc b/icu4c/source/config/mh-hpux-acc
index 9d33a403c07..8213c7cef48 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-hpux-acc
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-hpux-acc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-hpux-acc,v 1.24 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-hpux-acc,v 1.25 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Commands to generate dependency files
 GEN_DEPS.c=	:
@@ -34,33 +34,11 @@ LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = SHLIB_PATH
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 LD_SONAME = -Wl,+h,$(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(basename $(SO_TARGET)).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(basename $(SO_TARGET)).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO=		sl
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = o
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -l$(ICUPREFIX)data
-LIBICUUC= 	-L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc $(LIBICUDT)
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
@@ -86,9 +64,9 @@ LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
 
 ## Versioned libraries rules
 
-%.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR): %.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
+%.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
 	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $< $@
-%.$(SO): %.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $*.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) $@
+%.$(SO): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
+	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $*.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) $@
 
 ## End HP/UX-specific setup
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-hpux-cc b/icu4c/source/config/mh-hpux-cc
index 39037c08c3c..e3bb1636a12 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-hpux-cc
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-hpux-cc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-hpux-cc,v 1.27 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-hpux-cc,v 1.28 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 
 ## This causes source/tools/pkgdata generated makefiles  to create and link
@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ GEN_DEPS.c= 	:
 GEN_DEPS.cc= 	:
 
 ## Commands to compile
-COMPILE.c=	$(CC)  -D__STDC__  +z -Ae $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
-COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) +dup_static_removal +d -D__STDC__  +z +a1 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
+COMPILE.c=	$(CC) -D__STDC__ +z -Ae $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
+COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) +dup_static_removal +d -D__STDC__ +z +a1 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
 
 ## Commands to link
 ## We need to use the C++ linker, even when linking C programs, since
 ##  our libraries contain C++ code (bug in linker?)
 #LINK.c=		$(CC)  +z -Ae $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-LINK.c=	$(CXX)  +z +a1 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,+s
-LINK.cc=	$(CXX)  +z +a1 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,+s
+LINK.c=     $(CXX) +z +a1 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,+s
+LINK.cc=    $(CXX) +z +a1 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,+s
 
 ## Commands to make a shared library
 #SHLIB.c=	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -b
@@ -41,33 +41,11 @@ LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = SHLIB_PATH
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 LD_SONAME = -Wl,+h,$(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(basename $(SO_TARGET)).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(basename $(SO_TARGET)).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO=		sl
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = o
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -l$(ICUPREFIX)data
-LIBICUUC= 	-L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc $(LIBICUDT)
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
@@ -93,10 +71,10 @@ LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
 
 ## Versioned libraries rules
 
-%.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR): %.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
+%.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
 	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $< $@
-%.$(SO): %.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $*.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) $@
+%.$(SO): %.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
+	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $*.$(SO).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION) $@
 
 ## End HP/UX-specific setup
 
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-irix b/icu4c/source/config/mh-irix
index 7a6053fc00f..9425ffd353d 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-irix
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-irix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-irix,v 1.18 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-irix,v 1.19 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Flags for position independent code
 SHAREDLIBCFLAGS = -shared
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ SHAREDLIBCPPFLAGS =
 GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -E -M $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 GEN_DEPS.cc=	$(CXX) -E -M $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 
-## Commands to compile
-COMPILE.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
-COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
-
 ## Commands to link
 ## We need to use the C++ linker, even when linking C programs, since
 ##  our libraries contain C++ code (C++ static init not called)
@@ -26,46 +22,18 @@ LINK.c=		$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 LINK.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 ## Commands to make a shared library
-## SHLIB.c=        ${PLATFORM_CPP_COMPILER} -D${PLATFORM} -shared
-## SHLIB.cc=       ${PLATFORM_C_COMPILER} -D${PLATFORM} -shared
-## SHLIB.c=	${PLATFORM_CPP_COMPILER}
-## SHLIB.c=	${PLATFORM_C_COMPILER}
-SHLIB.c=        $(CC) -shared $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-SHLIB.cc=       $(CXX) -shared $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
+SHLIB.c=    $(CC) -shared $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
+SHLIB.cc=   $(CXX) -shared $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 ## Compiler switch to embed a runtime search path
 LD_RPATH=
 LD_RPATH_PRE=  -Wl,-rpath,
 
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = 
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO=		so
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = ao
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUUC= 	-L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-linux b/icu4c/source/config/mh-linux
index 35eac247958..7dac24a9dad 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-linux
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-linux
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 ## -*-makefile-*-
 ## Linux-specific setup
-## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
+## Copyright (c) 1999-2001, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-linux,v 1.28 2001/10/03 21:54:10 emader-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-linux,v 1.29 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Commands to generate dependency files
-GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
-GEN_DEPS.cc=	$(CXX) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+GEN_DEPS.c=  $(CC) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+GEN_DEPS.cc= $(CXX) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 
 ## Flags for position independent code
 SHAREDLIBCFLAGS = -fPIC
@@ -18,56 +18,18 @@ SHAREDLIBCPPFLAGS = -DPIC
 LIBCPPFLAGS = -D_REENTRANT
 THREADSCPPFLAGS = -D_REENTRANT
 
-## Commands to compile
-COMPILE.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
-COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
-
-## Commands to link
-LINK.c=		$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-LINK.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
-## Commands to make a shared library
-SHLIB.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
-SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
-
 ## Compiler switch to embed a runtime search path
 LD_RPATH=	
-LD_RPATH_PRE=	-Wl,-rpath,
-
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+LD_RPATH_PRE = -Wl,-rpath,
 
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 LD_SONAME = -Wl,-soname -Wl,$(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO = so
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = ao
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -l$(ICUPREFIX)data
-LIBICUUC=       -L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc$(ICULIBSUFFIX) $(LIBICUDT) -Wl,-rpath-link $(top_builddir)/data
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
-LIBICULE=       -L$(top_builddir)/layout -l$(ICUPREFIX)layout$(ICULIBSSUFFIX)
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL= -L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-os390 b/icu4c/source/config/mh-os390
index 1e0fd8c3217..dd04208f5c3 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-os390
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-os390
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2001, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-os390,v 1.23 2001/03/21 20:31:13 weiv Exp $
+## $Id: mh-os390,v 1.24 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ###################################################################
 #                    IMPORTANT NOTE                               #
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ GEN_DEPS.cc=	makedep
 COMPILE.c=	_CXX_CXXSUFFIX="cpp" _CXX_STEPS="-1" $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS390) $(DEFS390) -c
 COMPILE.cc=	_CXX_CXXSUFFIX="cpp" _CXX_STEPS="-1" $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS390) $(DEFS390) -c
 
-## Commands to link
-LINK.c=		$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-LINK.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
 ## Commands for shared library (dll)
 SHLIB.c=	$(LINK.c) -Wl,dll
 SHLIB.cc=	$(LINK.cc) -Wl,dll
@@ -58,34 +54,23 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(LINK.cc) -Wl,dll
 ## Compiler switch to embed a runtime search path
 LD_RPATH=	-I
 
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
 ## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET)
+FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(basename $(SO_TARGET)).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION).$(SO)
 MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = 
 
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix (switch to dll for shared library build)
 SO=		dll
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = o
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
 ## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUUC= 	$(top_builddir)/common/libicuuc.x
-LIBICUI18N= 	$(top_builddir)/i18n/libicui18n.x
-LIBCTESTFW= 	$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw/libctestfw.x
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil/libicutoolutil.x
-LIBUSTDIO=      $(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio/libustdio.x
+LIBICUDT= 	$(top_builddir)/data/libicudata.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION).x
+LIBICUUC= 	$(top_builddir)/common/libicuuc.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION).x
+LIBICUI18N= 	$(top_builddir)/i18n/libicui18n.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION).x
+LIBICULE=       $(top_builddir)/layout/libicule.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION).x
+LIBCTESTFW= 	$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw/libctestfw.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION).x
+LIBICUTOOLUTIL= $(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil/libicutoolutil.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION).x
+LIBUSTDIO=      $(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio/libustdio.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION).x
 
 ## Special 390 rules
 
@@ -120,4 +105,8 @@ LIBUSTDIO=      $(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio/libustdio.x
 	@$(SHELL) -ec 'touch              $*.u  > /dev/null 2>&1'
 	@$(SHELL) -ec '$(GEN_DEPS.cc)  -f $*.u $< > /dev/null 2>&1'
 
+## Versioned libraries rules
+%.$(SO): %.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION).$(SO)
+	$(RM) $@ && ln -s $*.$(SO_TARGET_VERSION).$(SO) $@
+
 ## End 390-specific setup
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-os400 b/icu4c/source/config/mh-os400
index 9cd5f12be22..cc61be27574 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-os400
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-os400
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2001, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-os400,v 1.13 2001/06/01 18:15:03 grhoten Exp $
+## $Id: mh-os400,v 1.14 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC1) -E -M $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 GEN_DEPS.cc=	$(CXX1) -E -M $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ INSTALL-S =  cp -fph
 INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL-S)
 
 ## Link commands to link to ICU service programs
+LIBICUDT = $(top_builddir)/data/libicudata.o
 LIBICUUC = $(top_builddir)/common/libicuuc.o
 LIBICUI18N = $(top_builddir)/i18n/libicui18n.o
+LIBICULE = $(top_builddir)/layout/libicule.o
 LIBCTESTFW = $(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw/libctestfw.o
 LIBICUTOOLUTIL = $(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil/libicutoolutil.o
 LIBUSTDIO=      $(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio/libustdio.o
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-ptx b/icu4c/source/config/mh-ptx
index 241b79ca328..7aa60255830 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-ptx
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-ptx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-ptx,v 1.15 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-ptx,v 1.16 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Flags for position independent code
 SHAREDLIBCFLAGS = -KPIC
@@ -31,35 +31,15 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -DPTX -G
 LD_RPATH=	-R	
 LD_RPATH_PRE=
 
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
 ## Versioned target for a shared library.
 FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET)
 MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = 
 
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO=		so
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = ao
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUUC= 	-L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris b/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris
index 80914767184..7d9a5c9eb93 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-solaris,v 1.23 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-solaris,v 1.24 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Flags for position independent code
 SHAREDLIBCFLAGS = -KPIC
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ SHAREDLIBCXXFLAGS = -KPIC
 SHAREDLIBCPPFLAGS = -DPIC
 
 ## Commands to generate dependency files
-GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -xM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
-GEN_DEPS.cc=	$(CXX) -xM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+GEN_DEPS.c=  $(CC) -xM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+GEN_DEPS.cc= $(CXX) -xM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 
 ## Commands to compile
-COMPILE.c=	$(CC) -mt $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
-COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) -mt $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
+COMPILE.c=  $(CC) -mt $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
+COMPILE.cc= $(CXX) -mt $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
 
 ## Commands to link
 #LINK.c=		$(CC) -mt $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
@@ -38,33 +38,11 @@ LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 LD_SONAME = -h $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR) 
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO=		so
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = ao
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -licudata
-LIBICUUC= 	-L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc $(LIBICUDT)
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-gcc b/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-gcc
index 90c3a94063c..8f24a7e0c11 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-gcc
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-gcc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-solaris-gcc,v 1.22 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-solaris-gcc,v 1.23 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Flags for position independent code
 SHAREDLIBCFLAGS = -fPIC
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ SHAREDLIBCPPFLAGS = -DPIC
 GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 GEN_DEPS.cc=	$(CXX) -E -MM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 
-## Commands to compile
-COMPILE.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
-COMPILE.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
-
-## Commands to link
-LINK.c=		$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-LINK.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
 ## Commands to make a shared library
 SHLIB.c=	$(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -G
 SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -G
@@ -30,43 +22,14 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -G
 LD_RPATH=	-R
 LD_RPATH_PRE=	
 
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 LD_SONAME = -h $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO=		so
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = ao
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -licudata
-LIBICUUC=       -L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc $(LIBICUDT)
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL= -L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-sparcv9 b/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-sparcv9
index 871742e75b8..3961223ef52 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-sparcv9
+++ b/icu4c/source/config/mh-solaris-sparcv9
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Copyright (c) 1999-2000, International Business Machines Corporation and
 ## others. All Rights Reserved.
 ##
-## $Id: mh-solaris-sparcv9,v 1.19 2001/09/28 00:31:53 aheninger-oss Exp $
+## $Id: mh-solaris-sparcv9,v 1.20 2001/10/03 23:32:11 grhoten-oss Exp $
 
 ## Commands to generate dependency files
 GEN_DEPS.c=	$(CC) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 -xM $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS)
@@ -26,39 +26,14 @@ SHLIB.cc=	$(CXX) -xtarget=ultra -xarch=v9 $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFL
 LD_RPATH=	-R
 LD_RPATH_PRE=	
 
-## Environment variable to set a runtime search path
-LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
 ## Compiler switch to embed a library name
 LD_SONAME = -h $(MIDDLE_SO_TARGET)
 
-## Versioned target for a shared library.
-FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
-MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
-
-###  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
-## Prefix for the ICU library names
-ICUPREFIX = icu
-LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
 ## Shared object suffix
 SO=		so
 ## Non-shared intermediate object suffix
 STATIC_O = o
 
-## Force removal [for make clean]
-RMV = rm -rf
-## Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
-INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
-INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
-
-## Link commands to link to ICU libs
-LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -licudata
-LIBICUUC= 	-L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc $(LIBICUDT)
-LIBICUI18N= 	-L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n
-LIBCTESTFW= 	-L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw
-LIBICUTOOLUTIL=-L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil
-LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio
-
 ## Compilation rules
 %.$(STATIC_O): $(srcdir)/%.c
 	$(COMPILE.c) $(STATICCPPFLAGS) $(STATICCFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/icu4c/source/data/icupkg.inc.in b/icu4c/source/data/icupkg.inc.in
index f441fe1129a..02857621ef5 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/data/icupkg.inc.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/data/icupkg.inc.in
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ platform=@platform@
 
 ld_rpath_suf=@ld_rpath_suf@
 
+include $(top_builddir)/icudefs.mk
 include @platform_make_fragment@
 
 top_builddir = ../..
diff --git a/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/pkgdata.inc.in b/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/pkgdata.inc.in
index f441fe1129a..02857621ef5 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/pkgdata.inc.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/extra/uconv/pkgdata.inc.in
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ platform=@platform@
 
 ld_rpath_suf=@ld_rpath_suf@
 
+include $(top_builddir)/icudefs.mk
 include @platform_make_fragment@
 
 top_builddir = ../..
diff --git a/icu4c/source/icudefs.mk.in b/icu4c/source/icudefs.mk.in
index ab5a5e80d25..54c1d4dc0ff 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/icudefs.mk.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/icudefs.mk.in
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@
 #
 # Yves Arrouye.
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2000, International Business Machines Corporation and others.
+# Copyright (C) 2000-2001, International Business Machines Corporation and others.
 # All Rights Reserved.
 
+#
+# Some of these variables are overridden in the config/mh-* files.
+#
+
 # Shell to use
 
 SHELL = @SHELL@
@@ -69,3 +73,42 @@ CXX = @CXX@
 ECHO_N = @ECHO_N@
 ECHO_C = @ECHO_C@
 
+# Commands to compile
+COMPILE.c=    $(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c
+COMPILE.cc=   $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -c
+
+# Commands to link
+LINK.c=       $(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
+LINK.cc=      $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
+
+# Commands to make a shared library
+SHLIB.c=      $(CC) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
+SHLIB.cc=     $(CXX) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -shared
+
+# Environment variable to set a runtime search path
+LDLIBRARYPATH_ENVVAR = LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+# Versioned target for a shared library.
+FINAL_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION)
+MIDDLE_SO_TARGET = $(SO_TARGET).$(SO_TARGET_VERSION_MAJOR)
+
+##  How ICU libraries are named...  ex. $(LIBICU)uc$(SO)
+# Prefix for the ICU library names
+ICUPREFIX = icu
+LIBICU = lib$(ICUPREFIX)
+
+# Force removal [for make clean]
+RMV = rm -rf
+# Platform commands to remove or move executable and library targets
+INSTALL-S = $(INSTALL_PROGRAM)
+INSTALL-L = $(INSTALL_DATA)
+
+# Link commands to link to ICU libs
+LIBICUDT=       -L$(top_builddir)/data -L$(top_builddir)/stubdata -l$(ICUPREFIX)data
+LIBICUUC=       -L$(top_builddir)/common -l$(ICUPREFIX)uc$(ICULIBSUFFIX) $(LIBICUDT)
+LIBICUI18N=     -L$(top_builddir)/i18n -l$(ICUPREFIX)i18n$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
+LIBICULE=       -L$(top_builddir)/layout -l$(ICUPREFIX)layout$(ICULIBSSUFFIX)
+LIBCTESTFW=     -L$(top_builddir)/tools/ctestfw -l$(ICUPREFIX)ctestfw$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
+LIBICUTOOLUTIL= -L$(top_builddir)/tools/toolutil -l$(ICUPREFIX)toolutil$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
+LIBUSTDIO=      -L$(top_builddir)/extra/ustdio -lustdio$(ICULIBSUFFIX)
+
diff --git a/icu4c/source/tools/pkgdata/icupkg.inc.in b/icu4c/source/tools/pkgdata/icupkg.inc.in
index f441fe1129a..02857621ef5 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/tools/pkgdata/icupkg.inc.in
+++ b/icu4c/source/tools/pkgdata/icupkg.inc.in
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ platform=@platform@
 
 ld_rpath_suf=@ld_rpath_suf@
 
+include $(top_builddir)/icudefs.mk
 include @platform_make_fragment@
 
 top_builddir = ../..