Build with -fPIC on all arches but x86 32-bit.

build/common.gypi

 # Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
 # IMPORTANT:
 # Please don't directly include this file if you are building via gyp_chromium,
 # since gyp_chromium is automatically forcing its inclusion.
 {
   'variables': {
     # .gyp files or targets should set chromium_code to 1 if they build
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         # A flag to enable or disable our compile-time dependency
         # on gnome-keyring. If that dependency is disabled, no gnome-keyring
         # support will be available. This option is useful
         # for Linux distributions.
         ['chromeos==1', {
           'use_gnome_keyring%': 0,
         }, {
           'use_gnome_keyring%': 1,
         }],
+
+        # Set to 1 compile with -fPIC cflag on linux. This is a must for shared
+        # libraries on linux x86-64 and arm.
+        ['host_arch=="ia32"', {
+          'linux_fpic%': 0,
+        }, {
+          'linux_fpic%': 1,
+        }],
       ],
 
       'host_arch%': '<(host_arch)',
 
       # Default architecture we're building for is the architecture we're
       # building on.
       'target_arch%': '<(host_arch)',
 
       # Copy conditionally-set chromeos and touchui variables out one scope.
       'chromeos%': '<(chromeos)',
       'touchui%': '<(touchui)',
 
       # This variable tells WebCore.gyp and JavaScriptCore.gyp whether they are
       # are built under a chromium full build (1) or a webkit.org chromium
       # build (0).
       'inside_chromium_build%': 1,
 
       # Set to 1 to enable fast builds. It disables debug info for fastest
       # compilation.
       'fastbuild%': 0,
 
-      # Set to 1 compile with -fPIC cflag on linux. This is a must for shared
-      # libraries on linux x86-64 and arm.
-      'linux_fpic%': 0,
-
       # Python version.
       'python_ver%': '2.5',
 
       # Set ARM-v7 compilation flags
       'armv7%': 0,
 
       # Set Neon compilation flags (only meaningful if armv7==1).
       'arm_neon%': 1,
 
       # The system root for cross-compiles. Default: none.
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     },
 
     # Define branding and buildtype on the basis of their settings within the
     # variables sub-dict above, unless overridden.
     'branding%': '<(branding)',
     'buildtype%': '<(buildtype)',
     'target_arch%': '<(target_arch)',
     'host_arch%': '<(host_arch)',
     'toolkit_views%': '<(toolkit_views)',
     'use_gnome_keyring%': '<(use_gnome_keyring)',
+    'linux_fpic%': '<(linux_fpic)',
     'chromeos%': '<(chromeos)',
     'touchui%': '<(touchui)',
     'inside_chromium_build%': '<(inside_chromium_build)',
     'fastbuild%': '<(fastbuild)',
     'linux_fpic%': '<(linux_fpic)',
     'python_ver%': '<(python_ver)',
     'armv7%': '<(armv7)',
     'arm_neon%': '<(arm_neon)',
     'sysroot%': '<(sysroot)',
     'disable_sse2%': '<(disable_sse2)',
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     # and therefore SYMROOT, needs to be set at the project level.
     'SYMROOT': '<(DEPTH)/xcodebuild',
   },
 }
 
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