File octave.spec.patch of Package octave
--- octave.spec 2008-07-23 08:37:04.000000000 -0700 +++ octave.spec.new 2008-07-23 08:45:59.000000000 -0700 @@ -68,7 +68,15 @@ %build export CPPFLAGS="-DH5_USE_16_API" -%configure --libexecdir=%{_libdir} +%if 0%{?suse_version} < 1020 + %ifarch x86_64 + %configure --with-fPIC --libexecdir=%{_libdir} + %else + %configure --libexecdir=%{_libdir} + %endif +%else + %configure --libexecdir=%{_libdir} +%endif %{__make} %install