Hello, I can confirm that on amd64 / x86_64, this package does not build. As far as I can tell, the error message is correct, and indeed libipq.a must be built with -fPIC.
My knowledge about debbugs is a little rusty, but it should be appropriate to reassign this bug to the iptables-dev package which contains libipq.a The following patch against the iptables_1.4.2-6 source (which is used to build iptables-dev) fixes the problem and makes perlipq build on amd64: --- iptables-1.4.2/libipq/Makefile.am 2008-10-08 18:31:58.000000000 +0200 +++ iptables-1.4.2-modif/libipq/Makefile.am 2010-02-19 21:22:08.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # -*- Makefile -*- -AM_CFLAGS = ${regular_CFLAGS} -I${top_builddir}/include -I${top_srcdir}/include +AM_CFLAGS = ${regular_CFLAGS} -I${top_builddir}/include -I${top_srcdir}/include -fPIC libipq_a_SOURCES = libipq.c lib_LIBRARIES = libipq.a kind regards, -- Andreas Trottmann -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org