--- gdal-1.4.1/swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk.orig	2007-04-10 17:16:43.000000000 +0200
+++ gdal-1.4.1/swig/ruby/RubyMakefile.mk	2007-06-16 19:54:08.240947303 +0200
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@
 	$(INSTALL) $(RUBY_MODULES) $(DESTDIR)$(INSTALL_DIR) 
 
 $(RUBY_MODULES): %.so: %_wrap.o
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(GDAL_SLIB_LINK) $(RUBY_LIB) $< -o $@
+	$(LD) $(GDAL_SLIB_LINK) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) $(RUBY_LIB) $< -o $@
 
 %.o: %.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE) $(RUBY_INCLUDE)  -c $<
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE) $(RUBY_INCLUDE) -fPIC -c $<
 
 %.o: %.cxx
-	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE) $(RUBY_INCLUDE) -c $<
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE) $(RUBY_INCLUDE) -fPIC -c $<
 
 %.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE)  $(RUBY_INCLUDE) -c $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(GDAL_INCLUDE)  $(RUBY_INCLUDE) -fPIC -c $<