--- /dev/null
+--- 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 $<