* when using -fpic, the .got section must fit into 4K, which on Solaris
  it doesn't ("relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_GOT13")

--- support/shobj-conf
+++ support/shobj-conf
@@ -80,15 +80,17 @@
 	;;
 
 sunos5*-*gcc*|solaris2*-*gcc*)
-	SHOBJ_CFLAGS=-fpic
 	SHOBJ_LD='${CC}'
 	ld_used=`gcc -print-prog-name=ld`
 	if ${ld_used} -V 2>&1 | grep GNU >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 		# This line works for the GNU ld
 		SHOBJ_LDFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-h,$@'
+		# http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2001-08/msg00361.html
+		SHOBJ_CFLAGS=-fPIC
 	else
 		# This line works for the Solaris linker in /usr/ccs/bin/ld
 		SHOBJ_LDFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-i -Wl,-h,$@'
+		SHOBJ_CFLAGS=-fpic
 	fi
 
 #	SHLIB_XLDFLAGS='-R $(libdir)'