The latest CVS has this in configure.in: if test "$pdump" = "yes"; then ordinary_link="yes" ld="${ordinary_ld}" start_files= libs_standard= unexec= lib_gcc= fi Unfortunately, some OSes still need, for example, pre-crt0.c in start_files because of the reference to data_start in sysdep.c. (FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE, for one.) I suspect the data_start business in sysdep.c can go away, but haven't had time to investigate. -- Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla