Heffer5 linux # make menuconfig
  HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/mconf
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.4/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: scripts/kconfig/mconf.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
scripts/kconfig/mconf.o: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/mconf] Error 1
make: *** [menuconfig] Error 2