diff --git a/auxdir/ltmain.sh b/auxdir/ltmain.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile.am b/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile.am
index 7877f34c62c5ba627a667a4bd9b2e04be98447de..d44d04e5a6f7a508de0cdbf45cd37a3c13d6cef5 100644
--- a/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile.am
+++ b/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ elan_lib =
 endif
 
 INCLUDES = 	-I$(top_srcdir)
-LDADD =		$(top_builddir)/src/common/libcommon.la \
+LDADD =		$(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.o -ldl\
 		$(elan_lib)
 
 check_PROGRAMS = \
diff --git a/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile.in b/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile.in
index bd23cb05c10771ca5a00ed523d61cb2dd99448e9..48d79a84c67304c1df57cf3f6296b084a58018b0 100644
--- a/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile.in
+++ b/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/Makefile.in
@@ -87,22 +87,22 @@ bitstring_test_SOURCES = bitstring-test.c
 bitstring_test_OBJECTS = bitstring-test.$(OBJEXT)
 bitstring_test_LDADD = $(LDADD)
 @HAVE_ELAN_TRUE@am__DEPENDENCIES_1 = $(top_builddir)/src/plugins/switch/elan/switch_elan.la
-bitstring_test_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/common/libcommon.la \
+bitstring_test_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.o \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
 log_test_SOURCES = log-test.c
 log_test_OBJECTS = log-test.$(OBJEXT)
 log_test_LDADD = $(LDADD)
-log_test_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/common/libcommon.la \
+log_test_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.o \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
 pack_test_SOURCES = pack-test.c
 pack_test_OBJECTS = pack-test.$(OBJEXT)
 pack_test_LDADD = $(LDADD)
-pack_test_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/common/libcommon.la \
+pack_test_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.o \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
 runqsw_SOURCES = runqsw.c
 runqsw_OBJECTS = runqsw.$(OBJEXT)
 runqsw_LDADD = $(LDADD)
-runqsw_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/common/libcommon.la \
+runqsw_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.o \
 	$(am__DEPENDENCIES_1)
 DEFAULT_INCLUDES = -I.@am__isrc@ -I$(top_builddir) -I$(top_builddir)/slurm
 depcomp = $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/auxdir/depcomp
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign
 @HAVE_ELAN_FALSE@elan_lib = 
 @HAVE_ELAN_TRUE@elan_lib = $(top_builddir)/src/plugins/switch/elan/switch_elan.la
 INCLUDES = -I$(top_srcdir)
-LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/common/libcommon.la \
+LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/api/libslurm.o -ldl\
 		$(elan_lib)
 
 all: all-am
diff --git a/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/pack-test.c b/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/pack-test.c
index 3cd617b922c46e288619e1a6600852c2ff859dc3..82ac5172d1e666110cb146295d83bc500c19d846 100644
--- a/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/pack-test.c
+++ b/testsuite/slurm_unit/common/pack-test.c
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	char *nullstr = NULL;
 	char *data;
 	int data_size;
+	long double test_double = 1340664754944.2132312, test_double2;
+	uint64_t test64;
 
 	buffer = init_buf (0);
         pack16(test16, buffer);
         pack32(test32, buffer);
+	pack64((uint64_t)test_double, buffer);
 
         packstr(testbytes, buffer);
         packstr(teststring, buffer);
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	packstr("literal", buffer);
 	packstr("", buffer);
+
         data_size = get_buf_offset(buffer);
         printf("wrote %d bytes\n", data_size);
 
@@ -63,7 +67,14 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
         unpack32(&out32, buffer);
 	TEST(out32 != test32, "un/pack32");
 
-        unpackstr_ptr(&outbytes, &byte_cnt, buffer);
+  	unpack64(&test64, buffer);
+	test_double2 = (long double)test64;
+	TEST(test64 != (uint64_t)test_double, "un/pack double as a uint64");
+	/* info("Original\t %Lf", test_double); */
+	/* info("uint64\t %ld", test64); */
+	/* info("converted LD\t %Lf", test_double2); */
+
+	unpackstr_ptr(&outbytes, &byte_cnt, buffer);
 	TEST( ( strcmp(testbytes, outbytes) != 0 ) , "un/packstr_ptr");
 
 	unpackstr_xmalloc(&outstring, &byte_cnt, buffer);
@@ -80,6 +91,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	unpackstr_xmalloc(&outstring, &byte_cnt, buffer);
 	TEST(strcmp("", outstring) != 0, "un/packstr of string \"\" ");
+
 	xfree(outstring);
 
 	free_buf(buffer);