# Check to make sure the pic_flag actually works.
echo $ac_n "checking if $compiler PIC flag $pic_flag works... $ac_c" 1>&6
$rm conftest*
- echo > conftest.c
+ echo "int some_variable = 0;" > conftest.c
save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $pic_flag -DPIC"
echo "$progname:567: checking if $compiler PIC flag $pic_flag works" >&5