diff -up festival/speech_tools/config/compilers/gcc_defaults.mak.no-shared-data festival/speech_tools/config/compilers/gcc_defaults.mak

--- festival/speech_tools/config/compilers/gcc_defaults.mak.no-shared-data	2008-02-22 13:45:50.000000000 -0500

+++ festival/speech_tools/config/compilers/gcc_defaults.mak	2008-02-22 13:46:24.000000000 -0500

@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ PROFILE_gprof_CCFLAGS   = -pg

 PROFILE_gprof_CXXFLAGS  = -pg

 PROFILE_gprof_LINKFLAGS = -pg

-SHARED_CCFLAGS  = -fPIC -fno-shared-data

-SHARED_CXXFLAGS  = -fPIC -fno-shared-data

-SHARED_LINKFLAGS = -fno-shared-data

+SHARED_CCFLAGS  = -fPIC 

+SHARED_CXXFLAGS  = -fPIC 

+SHARED_LINKFLAGS = 

 ifndef GCC_MAKE_SHARED_LIB

-    MAKE_SHARED_LIB = $(CXX) -shared -fno-shared-data -o XXX -Wl,-soname,YYY

+    MAKE_SHARED_LIB = $(CXX) -shared -o XXX -Wl,-soname,YYY

 else

     MAKE_SHARED_LIB = $(GCC_MAKE_SHARED_LIB)

 endif