--- unixcw-2.3/configure.ac.BAD	2007-05-11 11:17:54.000000000 -0500
+++ unixcw-2.3/configure.ac	2007-05-11 11:18:10.000000000 -0500
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ if test -n "$CC" ; then
   cat >conftest.c <<-EOF
   int so_test() { return 0; }
 EOF
-  $CC -c conftest.c >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+  $CC $CFLAG_PIC -c conftest.c >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
   $CC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.o >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
   rm -f conftest.c conftest.o
   if test -f conftest.so ; then
--- unixcw-2.3/configure.BAD	2007-05-11 11:18:26.000000000 -0500
+++ unixcw-2.3/configure	2007-05-11 11:18:43.000000000 -0500
@@ -5704,7 +5704,7 @@ echo $ECHO_N "checking whether cc builds
   cat >conftest.c <<-EOF
   int so_test() { return 0; }
 EOF
-  $CC -c conftest.c >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+  $CC $CFLAG_PIC -c conftest.c >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
   $CC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.o >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
   rm -f conftest.c conftest.o
   if test -f conftest.so ; then