building ppp from src rpm failed in f17

[Heinz Diehl]

On 16.12.2012, Kevin Wilson wrote: 

> make[1]: Entering directory `/root/rpmbuild/BUILD/ppp-2.4.5/chat'
> cc -c  -DTERMIOS			 -DSIGTYPE=void			 -UNO_SLEEP			
> -DFNDELAY=O_NDELAY		 -o chat.o chat.c
> cc -pie -o chat chat.o
> /bin/ld: chat.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be
> used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC

You're trying to build a shared library and the build fails in
creating shared objects. The solution is in the text above: 
recompile with -fPic.