libbaz testset package broken?

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

Hi,

Whilst looking at #452216 and #461575 (both related to dpkg symbols
files), I tried to build the libbaz testset package; the build fails
with:

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gcc -o libbaz1.so.1.0.3b -shared baz.o extra.o -lc
/usr/bin/ld: baz.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
baz.o: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
=======================

Am I missing something obvious (entirely possible) or does libbaz need
fixing?

Adam