--- file_not_specified_in_diff	
+++ file_not_specified_in_diff	
@@ -, +, @@ 
--- /usr/portage/media-video/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings-177.80.ebuild      2008-10-12 20:40:38.000000000 -0400
+++ nvidia-settings-177.80-r1.ebuild    2008-11-09 22:53:00.000000000 -0500
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ 
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-video/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings-177.80.ebuild,v 1.1 2008/10/13 00:40:38 ricmm Exp $
-inherit eutils toolchain-funcs multilib
+inherit eutils toolchain-funcs multilib flag-o-matic
 MY_P="${PN}-1.0"
@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ 
        einfo "Building libXNVCtrl..."
        cd "${S}/src/libXNVCtrl"
        make clean || die "Cleaning old libXNVCtrl failed"
+       # Add fPIC to CFLAGS at least
+       append-flags -fPIC
        emake CDEBUGFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" CC="$(tc-getCC)" libXNVCtrl.a || die "Building libXNVCtrl failed!"
+       filter-flags -fPIC
        cd "${S}"
        einfo "Building nVidia-Settings..."