diff --git a/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/Makefile b/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/Makefile
index 00c7f2c..ad23e67 100644
--- a/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/Makefile
+++ b/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/Makefile
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ include $(TL_DIR)/Makerules/Maketargets.build
 include $(TL_DIR)/Makerules/Maketargets.install
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/opafmd: $(BUILDDIR)/opafmd.o
-	$(VS)$(CC) -pie -pthread $(LDFLAGS)$@ $(BUILDDIR)/opafmd.o $(LDLIBS)
+	$(VS)$(CC) -pthread $(LDFLAGS)$@ $(BUILDDIR)/opafmd.o $(LDLIBS)
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/opaxmlextract: $(PROJ_BIN_DIR)/opaxmlextract
 	cp $(PROJ_BIN_DIR)/opaxmlextract $(BUILDDIR)
diff --git a/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/fm_config/Makefile b/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/fm_config/Makefile
index cd3f301..c4108fa 100644
--- a/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/fm_config/Makefile
+++ b/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/fm_config/Makefile
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ include $(TL_DIR)/Makerules/Maketargets.build
 include $(TL_DIR)/Makerules/Maketargets.install
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/config_check: $(BUILDDIR)/config_check.o
-	$(VS)$(CC) -pie $(LDFLAGS)$@ $(BUILDDIR)/config_check.o $(LDLIBS)
+	$(VS)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS)$@ $(BUILDDIR)/config_check.o $(LDLIBS)
 
 $(BUILDDIR)/config_convert: $(BUILDDIR)/config_convert.o
-	$(VS)$(CC) -pie $(LDFLAGS)$@ $(BUILDDIR)/config_convert.o $(LDLIBS)
+	$(VS)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS)$@ $(BUILDDIR)/config_convert.o $(LDLIBS)
 
 # install for stage phase
 #include $(TL_DIR)/Makerules/Maketargets.stage
diff --git a/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/sm_capture.sh b/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/sm_capture.sh
index c464bc7..1f8b612 100755
--- a/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/sm_capture.sh
+++ b/Esm/ib/src/linux/startup/sm_capture.sh
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ SM_EXEC=/usr/lib/opa-fm/runtime/sm
 IFS_FM_BASE=/usr/lib/opa-fm
 
 PROGNAME="$0"
-# Hedge against bash vs. sh
-dateStr=`date '+%d%b%y%H%M%S'`
-dumpLocation="`mktemp -d /tmp/smdump-${dateStr}-XXXXXX`"
-dirName=`basename $dumpLocation`
+dirName="smdump-"`date '+%d%b%y%H%M%S'`
+dumpLocation="/tmp/$dirName"
 
 usage() {
 	echo "Usage:"
diff --git a/Makerules/Maketargets.build b/Makerules/Maketargets.build
index 9cd7844..ebf9fdf 100755
--- a/Makerules/Maketargets.build
+++ b/Makerules/Maketargets.build
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ else # BUILD_TARGET_OS is not VXWORKS
 $(CMD_TARGETS_EXE) :	$(CT_OBJECTS) $(RSCOBJECTS) $(DEPLIBS_TARGETS)
 	@echo Linking executable...
 	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
-	$(VS)$(CC) -pie $(LDFLAGS)$@ $(CT_OBJECTS) $(LDLIBS)
+	$(VS)$(CC) $(LDFLAGS)$@ $(CT_OBJECTS) $(LDLIBS)
 endif # BUILD_TARGET_OS is VXWORKS
 endif # CMD_TARGETS_EXE non-null
 
diff --git a/Makerules/Target.LINUX.GNU.X86_64 b/Makerules/Target.LINUX.GNU.X86_64
index 194a8b2..5a852b3 100755
--- a/Makerules/Target.LINUX.GNU.X86_64
+++ b/Makerules/Target.LINUX.GNU.X86_64
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ SHLIB_SONAME=$(notdir $(CMD_TARGETS_SHLIB))
 # ----------------------------
 # -fcheck-new does the opposite of what the manual implies.
 # -fcheck-new DISABLES the run-time test of return value from new
-CMACH		= -fPIC -pipe -DTARGET_CPU_FAMILY_X86 -Wall -Werror=format-security -D__X86_64__ -DCPU_LE -m64 -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector
-CCMACH		= -fPIC -pipe -DTARGET_CPU_FAMILY_X86 -Wall -Werror=format-security -D__X86_64__ -DCPU_LE -m64 -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector -fcheck-new -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy
+CMACH		= -pipe -DTARGET_CPU_FAMILY_X86 -Wall -Werror=format-security -D__X86_64__ -DCPU_LE -m64 -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector
+CCMACH		= -pipe -DTARGET_CPU_FAMILY_X86 -Wall -Werror=format-security -D__X86_64__ -DCPU_LE -m64 -fno-strict-aliasing -fstack-protector -fcheck-new -Wno-ctor-dtor-privacy
 ifeq ($(shell expr $(GCC_MAJOR_VERSION) \>= 7), 1)
 ifeq ($(shell expr $(GCC_MINOR_VERSION) \>= 0), 1)
 CMACH+= -std=gnu90 -Wno-misleading-indentation -Wno-format-truncation