[gdal-dev] 1.7.1 build error

[drdavis]

I am trying to compile gdal 1.7.1 on 64-bit linux system.
no problems previously with 1.6.0 nor 1.6.3.

I get:
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libjasper.a(jas_stream.o): relocation 
R_X86_64_32S against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a 
shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libjasper.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [libgdal.la] Error 1

Is there a configure option which takes care of this?

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