Index: /issm/trunk/externalpackages/mpich/install-3.2-linux64-static.sh
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--- /issm/trunk/externalpackages/mpich/install-3.2-linux64-static.sh	(revision 22017)
+++ /issm/trunk/externalpackages/mpich/install-3.2-linux64-static.sh	(revision 22018)
@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@
 rm -rf mpich-3.2
 
+#compilation flags
+export CXXFLAGS='-fPIC'
+export CFLAGS='-fPIC'
+export FFLAGS='-fPIC'
+
 #Configure mpich
 cd src