*-static library packages without -fPIC

edit

Static libraries are not built with -fPIC. As explained here, -fPIC implies: "position independent code"

"Creating a shared library is easy. First, create the object files that will go into the shared library using the gcc -fPIC or -fpic flag. The -fPIC and -fpic options enable ``position independent code'' generation, a requirement for shared libraries; see below for the differences. You pass the soname using the -Wl gcc option. The -Wl option passes options along to the linker (in this case the -soname linker option) - the commas after -Wl are not a typo, and you must not include unescaped whitespace in the option."

Therefore, the fedora packages that provide static libraries are not built with -fPIC.

This stack overflow answer will clarify further: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2649430