diff -ur /tmp/ming-0.2a/src/Makefile ./src/Makefile
--- src/Makefile	2001-08-17 17:06:01.000000000 +0000
+++ src/Makefile	2003-11-27 20:06:20.802157704 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-
 #CC = gcc -g -pg -a	# profiling flags
 #CC = gcc -O5
-CC = gcc -g -Wall
+CC = gcc
+CFLAGS = -g -Wall
 
 LIBDIR = /usr/local/lib
 
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
 		 actioncompiler/compileaction.o \
 		 actioncompiler/assembler.o
 
+%.o: %.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
+
 all: dynamic
 
 dynamic: ${OFILES}
 	cd blocks && make
 	cd actioncompiler && make
-	${CC} ${OFILES} ${COMPILEROFILES} blocks/*.o -shared -fpic \
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${OFILES} ${COMPILEROFILES} blocks/*.o -shared \
 	  -o libming.so
 	cp libming.so ..
 
diff -ur /tmp/ming-0.2a/src/actioncompiler/Makefile ./src/actioncompiler/Makefile
--- src/actioncompiler/Makefile	2001-08-17 17:35:48.000000000 +0000
+++ src/actioncompiler/Makefile	2003-11-27 20:07:50.409535312 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 
 #CC = gcc -g -pg -a	# profiling flags
 #CC = gcc -O5
-CC = gcc -g -Wall
+CC = gcc
+CFLAGS = -g -Wall
 
 DEBUG = --debug
 
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@
 
 OFILES = ${MOSTFILES} compileaction.o
 
+%.o: %.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
+
 all: ${OFILES}
 
 clean:
diff -ur /tmp/ming-0.2a/src/blocks/Makefile ./src/blocks/Makefile
--- src/blocks/Makefile	2001-08-17 17:06:05.000000000 +0000
+++ src/blocks/Makefile	2003-11-27 20:06:20.802157704 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #CC = gcc -g -pg -a	# profiling flags
 #CC = gcc -O5
-CC = gcc -g -Wall
+CC = gcc
+CFLAGS = -g -Wall
 
 OFILES = output.o character.o shape.o morph.o fillstyle.o matrix.o font.o \
 	 block.o cxform.o text.o action.o button.o placeobject.o \
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@
 	 dbl.o linestyle.o gradient.o bitmap.o error.o input.o \
 	 placeobject.o #sound.o
 
+%.o: %.c
+	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -fPIC -c -o $@ $<
+
 all: ${OFILES}
 
 clean: