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From: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Stephan wrote:

> hmm , I failed to mention that I'm running redhat ES 3. Don't know if this 
> matters.
>
> Here's the full print out.
>
> gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-42)
> Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
>
> Kind Regards
> Stephan
>
>
>
>> gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502
>>

I think you might need to upgrade some tools. Look in 
linux-n.n.n/Documentation/Changes. The kernel uses a
lot of "GNU-isms" that change from time-to-time.


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
Penguin : Linux version 2.6.8 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips).
             Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.