Index: mk4tcl/build.sh
==================================================================
--- mk4tcl/build.sh
+++ mk4tcl/build.sh
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@
 		tryopts="--enable-shared"
 	else
 		tryopts="--disable-shared"
 	fi
 
+	SAVE_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
 	for tryopt in $tryopts __fail__; do
 		# Clean up, if needed
 		make distclean >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
 		rm -rf "${INSTDIR}"
 		mkdir "${INSTDIR}"
@@ -101,10 +102,17 @@
 		if [ "${tryopt}" == "--enable-shared" ]; then
 			isshared="1"
 		else
 			isshared="0"
 		fi
+
+		# If build a static Mk4tcl for KitDLL, ensure that we use PIC
+		# so that it can be linked into the shared object
+		if [ "${isshared}" = "0" -a "${KITTARGET}" = "kitdll" ]; then
+			CXXFLAGS="${SAVE_CXXFLAGS} -fPIC"
+			export CXXFLAGS
+		fi
 
 		(
 			echo "Running: ./configure $tryopt --prefix=\"${INSTDIR}\" --exec-prefix=\"${INSTDIR}\" --with-tcl=\"${TCLCONFIGDIR}/../generic\" ${CONFIGUREEXTRA}"
 			./configure $tryopt --prefix="${INSTDIR}" --exec-prefix="${INSTDIR}" --with-tcl="${TCLCONFIGDIR}/../generic" ${CONFIGUREEXTRA}
 

ADDED   mk4tcl/patches/all/metakit-2.4.9.7-fixsharedobjlinker.diff
Index: mk4tcl/patches/all/metakit-2.4.9.7-fixsharedobjlinker.diff
==================================================================
--- mk4tcl/patches/all/metakit-2.4.9.7-fixsharedobjlinker.diff
+++ mk4tcl/patches/all/metakit-2.4.9.7-fixsharedobjlinker.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Binary files metakit-2.4.9.7.orig/unix/.Makefile.in.swp and metakit-2.4.9.7-1rsk/unix/.Makefile.in.swp differ
+Binary files metakit-2.4.9.7.orig/unix/.configure.in.swp and metakit-2.4.9.7-1rsk/unix/.configure.in.swp differ
+diff -uNr metakit-2.4.9.7.orig/unix/configure metakit-2.4.9.7-1rsk/unix/configure
+--- metakit-2.4.9.7.orig/unix/configure	2007-06-15 18:26:40.000000000 -0500
++++ metakit-2.4.9.7-1rsk/unix/configure	2011-03-09 07:39:59.000000000 -0600
+@@ -1482,7 +1482,7 @@
+ if test $SHARED_BUILD = 1; then
+   SHLIB_FLAGS="-shared"
+   SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC -DUSE_TCL_STUBS"
+-  SHLIB_LD="g++ -shared"
++  SHLIB_LD="${CXX} -shared"
+ else
+   SHLIB_FLAGS=""
+   SHLIB_CFLAGS=""
+diff -uNr metakit-2.4.9.7.orig/unix/configure.in metakit-2.4.9.7-1rsk/unix/configure.in
+--- metakit-2.4.9.7.orig/unix/configure.in	2007-06-15 18:26:40.000000000 -0500
++++ metakit-2.4.9.7-1rsk/unix/configure.in	2011-03-09 07:39:29.000000000 -0600
+@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
+ if test $SHARED_BUILD = 1; then
+   SHLIB_FLAGS="-shared"
+   SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC -DUSE_TCL_STUBS"
+-  SHLIB_LD="g++ -shared"
++  SHLIB_LD="${CXX} -shared"
+ else
+   SHLIB_FLAGS=""
+   SHLIB_CFLAGS=""