diff -Nru pvm3.orig/conf/LINUX.def pvm3/conf/LINUX.def
--- pvm3.orig/conf/LINUX.def	2007-11-29 21:42:54.000000000 +0100
+++ pvm3/conf/LINUX.def	2009-11-17 01:21:52.628403960 +0100
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 #   (be sure $(SHAREDCFLAGS) is included in $(ARCHCFLAGS) below)
 #	and then do a "make clean ; make shared" in $PVM_ROOT.
 #
-# SHAREDCFLAGS = -fpic
-SHAREDCFLAGS =
+SHAREDCFLAGS = -fpic
+#SHAREDCFLAGS =
 SHAREDLDFLAGS = -shared
 #
 ARCHCFLAGS	=	-DSYSVSIGNAL -DNOWAIT3 -DRSHCOMMAND=\"/usr/bin/rsh\" \