--- /dev/null
+diff -urN binutils-2.17.orig/bfd/elf32-cris.c binutils-2.17/bfd/elf32-cris.c
+--- binutils-2.17.orig/bfd/elf32-cris.c 2007-06-12 22:23:24.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.17/bfd/elf32-cris.c 2007-06-12 22:28:54.000000000 +0200
+@@ -2709,12 +2709,12 @@
+ && (sec->flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
+ {
+ /* FIXME: How do we make this optionally a warning only? */
+- (*_bfd_error_handler)
+- (_("%B, section %A:\n relocation %s should not"
+- " be used in a shared object; recompile with -fPIC"),
+- abfd,
+- sec,
+- cris_elf_howto_table[r_type].name);
++ // (*_bfd_error_handler)
++ //(_("%B, section %A:\n relocation %s should not"
++ // " be used in a shared object; recompile with -fPIC"),
++// abfd,
++// sec,
++// cris_elf_howto_table[r_type].name);
+ }
+ /* Fall through. */
+