according to the build logs this is at least fixed in 14.04 LTS
** Changed in: glew (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Fix Released
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I've put a fix into GLEW which will appear in the release after 1.9.0.
- Nigel
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Title:
glew compiled without -fPIC flag
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Adding simple testcase.
This wiki page has valid points about why static libraries should be compiled
with PIC
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Tibbs/Text_Relocation_Guidelines
** Attachment added: glew_test.tar.gz