[syslog-ng] Installation Error

Hullo users, I am installing syslog-ng ver.3.3.5 on slackware linux 13.1 and i am getting the errors below, when i do a make usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-slackware-linux/4.4.4/../../../../x86_64-slackware-linux/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib64/libssl.a(s23_srvr.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/local/lib64/libssl.a: could not read symbols: Bad value Could somebody helpme with a fix to the problem thanx in advnace