diff -ruN postgresql-7.4.13-old/src/makefiles/Makefile.linux postgresql-7.4.13/src/makefiles/Makefile.linux
--- postgresql-7.4.13-old/src/makefiles/Makefile.linux	2003-05-19 18:51:08.000000000 +0100
+++ postgresql-7.4.13/src/makefiles/Makefile.linux	2003-06-01 23:35:46.000000000 +0100
@@ -5,11 +5,7 @@
 allow_nonpic_in_shlib = yes
 DLSUFFIX = .so
 
-ifeq "$(findstring sparc,$(host_cpu))" "sparc"
 CFLAGS_SL = -fPIC
-else
-CFLAGS_SL = -fpic
-endif
 
 %.so: %.o
 	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $<
