I am running elementary OS 64-bit and have the source code for the following project on github:
https://github.com/pellegre/libcrafter
I however get the following error when trying to configure it via the ./configure command:

After that I check the config.log file:

Anyone know why this could be? I've compiled with fPIC before without hassle.
Example from the configure file in the folder:

Update for Peter in comments:
