The default NetBSD/sparc /usr/lib/c++rt0.o is compiled -fpic. This means it can only handle offsets up to a certain size, and can fail to work in large programs. Compiling -fPIC allows larger offsets and should permit large programs to function. As mixing object files compiled with -fpic and -fPIC isn't allowed, the system c++rt0.o must be exchanged so that -fPIC can be used everywhere. This package allows most of pkgsrc to compile on NetBSD/sparc systems which run an OS version prior to 1.4.3 (which already contains this fix).