diff -Naur ibpp.orig/Makefile ibpp/Makefile
--- ibpp.orig/Makefile	2004-09-27 14:08:44.000000000 +0200
+++ ibpp/Makefile	2004-10-25 22:53:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 # building on linux (any flavour, I suppose)
 ifeq ($(PLATFORM),linux)
 	CXXOUTPUT =	-o
-	CXXFLAGS =-DIBPP_LINUX
+	CXXFLAGS =-DIBPP_LINUX -fPIC
 	CXXFLAGS+=-DIBPP_GCC
 	CXXFLAGS+=-I./ -I./fbheaders
 	#
diff -Naur ibpp.orig/array.cpp ibpp/array.cpp
--- ibpp.orig/array.cpp	2004-09-23 17:34:08.000000000 +0200
+++ ibpp/array.cpp	2004-10-25 22:51:01.000000000 +0200
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 		throw ExceptionImpl("Array::ReadTo", "Wrong count of array elements");
 
 	IBS status;
-	long lenbuf = mBufferSize;
+	ISC_LONG lenbuf = mBufferSize;
 	(*gds.Call()->m_array_get_slice)(status.Self(), mDatabase->GetHandlePtr(),
 		mTransaction->GetHandlePtr(), &mId, &mDesc, mBuffer, &lenbuf);
 	if (status.Errors())
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@
 	}
 
 	IBS status;
-	long lenbuf = mBufferSize;
+	ISC_LONG lenbuf = mBufferSize;
 	(*gds.Call()->m_array_put_slice)(status.Self(), mDatabase->GetHandlePtr(),
 		mTransaction->GetHandlePtr(), &mId, &mDesc, mBuffer, &lenbuf);
 	if (status.Errors())