Ok, back to using -G for creating shared libs. -z text is causing way too many issues with older versions of gcc (egcs 1.0.3 & gcc 2.95.3)

Bug #35419

configure.in

@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ dnl the qsort routine under solaris is faulty
         AC_MSG_RESULT([$_res])
     else
        ASFLAGS="$ASFLAGS -fPIC"
-       DSO_LDOPTS='-shared -mimpure-text -h $@'
+       DSO_LDOPTS='-G -h $@'
        _WARNINGS_CFLAGS=''
        _WARNINGS_CXXFLAGS=''
        if test "$OS_RELEASE" = "5.3"; then