I think I left off some of the error, also forgot to mention this is FC3: gcc -shared .libs/import_mpeg3.o -L/usr//lib64 -lmpeg3 -la52 -lpthread -lm -lz -ldl -m64 -Wl,-soname -Wl,import_mpeg3.so -o .libs/import_mpeg3.so /usr/bin/ld: /usr//lib64/libmpeg3.a(libmpeg3.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr//lib64/libmpeg3.a: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[3]: *** [import_mpeg3.la] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/transcode-0.6.14pre1/import' make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/transcode-0.6.14pre1/import' make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/transcode-0.6.14pre1' make: *** [all] Error 2 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.73075 (%build)