AJ> On a SuSE 6.3 system (glibc 2.1.2, Linux 2.2.13) with i686 I get when AJ> running configure with gcc 2.95.2: AJ> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AJ> .... AJ> checking size of short... 0 AJ> *** PANIC *** Configure tests are not working - compiler is broken. AJ> *** PANIC *** Please examine config.log for compilation errors. AJ> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AJ> configure fails since the wrong paths are added with -L. This is a AJ> result of parsing /etc/ld.so.conf. AJ> Here's the contents of /etc/ld.so.conf for my system: AJ> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AJ> /lib-aout Nope. So far only (that's my version which will be in glibc 2.2) is allowed: {"libc4", FLAG_LIBC4}, {"libc5", FLAG_ELF_LIBC5}, {"libc6", FLAG_ELF_LIBC6}, {"glibc2", FLAG_ELF_LIBC6} - and you don't need to specify anything. Give me some more time - I had a busy week and it's weekend now. I wouldn't object reverting the patch but I'll think about it. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger SuSE Labs aj(a)suse.de private aj(a)arthur.rhein-neckar.de