$OpenBSD: patch-source_common_Makefile_in,v 1.4 2009/01/27 22:11:15 landry Exp $
--- source/common/Makefile.in.orig	Mon Sep 22 21:03:28 2008
+++ source/common/Makefile.in	Wed Oct 29 11:51:13 2008
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ CPPFLAGS += -I$(top_builddir)/common
 endif
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/i18n $(LIBCPPFLAGS)
 DEFS += -DU_COMMON_IMPLEMENTATION
-LDFLAGS += $(LDFLAGSICUUC)
+LDFLAGS += -fPIC $(LDFLAGSICUUC)
 
 # $(LIBICUDT) is either stub data or the real DLL common data.
 LIBS = $(LIBICUDT) $(DEFAULT_LIBS)
