failed to build static library even with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF

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Describe the bug
I tried to build with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF and -DADIOS2_USE_HDF5=ON with only a static HDF5 library installed. The build aborted with:

[ 80%] Linking CXX shared library ../../lib/libadios2_h5vol.so
/usr/bin/ld: /data/rhaas/tmp/ADIOS2_Test/hdf5/lib/libhdf5.a(H5Pint.o): warning: relocation against `H5P_CLS_VOL_INITIALIZE_g' in read-only section `.text'
/usr/bin/ld: /data/rhaas/tmp/ADIOS2_Test/hdf5/lib/libhdf5.a(H5FL.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `H5FL_init_g' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [source/h5vol/CMakeFiles/adios2_h5vol.dir/build.make:223: lib/libadios2_h5vol.so] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:705: source/h5vol/CMakeFiles/adios2_h5vol.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:136: all] Error 2

while trying to link a shared library ../../lib/libadios2_h5vol.so .

To Reproduce
Building HDF5 and ADIOS2 to ensure only static HDF5 is present:

mkdir ADIOS2_Test
cd ADIOS2_Test
wget https://support.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/releases/hdf5-1.12/hdf5-1.12.1/src/hdf5-1.12.1.tar.gz
tar -xf hdf5-1.12.1.tar.gz
cd hdf5-1.12.1/
./configure --prefix=$PWD/../hdf5 --enable-shared=no --enable-static=yes
make
make install
cd ../
wget https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/archive/refs/tags/v2.7.1.tar.gz
tar -xf v2.7.1.tar.gz
cd ADIOS2-2.7.1
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DHDF5_ROOT=$PWD/../../hdf5 -DADIOS2_USE_HDF5=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DADIOS2_USE_Python=OFF -DADIOS2_USE_ZeroMQ=OFF -DADIOS2_USE_SST=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DADIOS2_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PWD/../../adios2 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib ..
make

Expected behavior
Code should compile and produce onlys static libraries.

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS/Platform: Debian Bullseye
• Build: gcc 11, cmake 3.21.3 build option see above, OpenMPI 4.1.2 (found by ADIOS), HDF5 self-compiled, static only (see above)

Additional context
Only happens when hdf5_vol is used ie hdf5 is newer than 1.11.

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