--- /usr/portage/sci-mathematics/pari/pari-2.1.7.ebuild	2005-11-09 11:23:26.000000000 -0500
+++ pari-2.1.7.ebuild	2005-12-07 09:28:24.000000000 -0500
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@
 	elif ! is-flag -O?; then
 		append-flags -O2
 	fi
-	#we also need to force -fPIC throughout on amd64
-	if [ "${ARCH}" = "amd64" ] && ! is-flag -fPIC; then append-flags -fPIC; fi
+	use "amd64" && DLCFLAGS="-fPIC"
 
-	./Configure \
+	DLCFLAGS="$DLCFLAGS" ./Configure \
 		--host=${myhost} \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--miscdir=/usr/share/doc/${PF} \