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numpy.test(): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `fun_' can not be used

See original GitHub issue

With numpy ~~1.11.0~~ (correction) 1.11.1 numpy.test() gives the following error:

/gsc/btl/linuxbrew/bin/gfortran -Wall -g -L/gsc/btl/linuxbrew/lib -Wl,--dynamic-linker=/gsc/btl/linuxbrew/lib/ld.so -Wl,-rpath,/gsc/btl/linuxbrew/lib -shared /tmp/tmp71Zjud/tmp/tmp71Zjud/src.linux-x86_64-2.7/_test_ext_module_5403module.o /tmp/tmp71Zjud/tmp/tmp71Zjud/src.linux-x86_64-2.7/fortranobject.o /tmp/tmp71Zjud/tmp/tmp1ORQ11/tmptbgkJq.o -L/gsc/btl/linuxbrew/lib -L/gsc/btl/linuxbrew/opt/openssl/lib -L/gsc/btl/linuxbrew/opt/sqlite/lib -L/gsc/btl/linuxbrew/Cellar/python/2.7.11/lib -lpython2.7 -lgfortran -o ./_test_ext_module_5403.so
/gsc/btl/linuxbrew/bin/ld: /tmp/tmp71Zjud/tmp/tmp1ORQ11/tmptbgkJq.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `fun_' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/gsc/btl/linuxbrew/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

A gist of the build logs are found here: https://gist.github.com/sjackman/038b13b0becc4965bca7bd73238e278b#file-03-python-L105