maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 265220] math/PDL: needs PIC

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Bug 265220: math/PDL: needs PIC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=265220



--- Description ---
The port fails on armv7 with a similar reason as the BROKEN reason for i386:

ld: error: can't create dynamic relocation R_ARM_MOVT_ABS against symbol: .LC1
in readonly segment; recompile object files with -fPIC or pass '-Wl,-z,notext'
to allow text relocations in the output
>>> defined in slatec/chfdv.o
>>> referenced by chfdv.f
>>>		  slatec/chfdv.o:(chfdv_)


The reason for this failure is that the code is not compiled with -fpic (or
-fPIC) and is hence not suitable for use in a shared library.  To fix this,
patch the makefile to add -fpic to the compiler options.  The port can then be
unbroken on i386, too.

I can try writing a patch, but I'm pretty busy right now.  Maybe someone else
can pick this up.