Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.1-9 On debian ppc sid, the current /lib/libc-2.3.1.so appears to have non-PIC static code linked in which is a violation of debian policy. objdump --all-headers /lib/libc-2.3.1.so | grep TEXTREL TEXTREL 0x0 This appears to be unique to the debian glibc 2.3.1 build. Franz Sirl's redhat based glibc 2.3.1 ppc rpms for glibc do not exhibit this problem.