[Bug 1638535] [NEW] liblzo.a (static library) fails to link on 16.10, AMD64 (needs `-fPIC`)

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https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/issues/866

When linking with `liblzo.a`, the error:

   Build error liblzo2.a(lzo1x_1.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against
symbol `memset@@GLIBC_2.2.5' can not be used when making a shared
object; recompile with -fPIC

occurs, this wasn't a problem on Ubuntu 16.04.

To test this: following the build steps here can redo the problem:
https://github.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/blob/master/doc/how_to_build_linux.md

** Affects: lzo2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bot-comment
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liblzo.a (static library) fails to link on 16.10, AMD64 (needs `-fPIC`)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1638535
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