This patch comes from the Debian archive:

  ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libf/libfloat/libfloat_990616-3.diff.gz

It was stripped of all Debian-related hunks.

Kept is the library versioning.

--- libfloat-990616.orig/Makefile

+++ libfloat-990616/Makefile

@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@

 #CC=gcc -g -O2 -freg-struct-return -D__LIBFLOAT__

 AR=ar

-all: libfloat.a libfloat.so

+all: libfloat.a libfloat.so.1

 libfloat.a: softfloat.o fplib_glue.o

 	rm -f libfloat.a

 	$(AR) cq libfloat.a softfloat.o fplib_glue.o

-libfloat.so: softfloat.os fplib_glue.os

-	rm -f libfloat.so

-	gcc -shared softfloat.os fplib_glue.os -o libfloat.so

+libfloat.so.1: softfloat.os fplib_glue.os

+	rm -f libfloat.so.1

+	gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libfloat.so.1 softfloat.os fplib_glue.os -o libfloat.so.1

 softfloat.o: softfloat/bits64/softfloat.c

 	$(CC) -c -o softfloat.o -Isoftfloat/bits64/ARM-gcc softfloat/bits64/softfloat.c

@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@

 fplib_glue.os: fplib_glue.S

 	$(CC) -fpic -c -o fplib_glue.os fplib_glue.S

-install: libfloat.a libfloat.so

-	cp -a libfloat.a /usr/lib

-	cp -a libfloat.so /usr/lib

-	ldconfig

+install: libfloat.a libfloat.so.1

+	cp -a libfloat.a $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib

+	cp -a libfloat.so.1 $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib

+	cd $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib; ln -s libfloat.so.1 libfloat.so

 clean: 

 	rm -f *.o

 	rm -f *.os

 	rm -f libfloat.a

-	rm -f libfloat.so

+	rm -f libfloat.so.1

 	rm -f *~