>>>>> Grubb, Richard L writes: Richard> I looked in the gcc libraries that were built so far during the Richard> bootstrapping phase; gcc/libbackend.a, intl/libintl.a, and Richard> libiberty/libiberty.a using the command: Richard> nm -g <insert_appropriate_library_name_here>; grep iconv Richard> intl/libintl.a contains the symbols .iconv, .iconv_open and .iconv_close Richard> (just like the AIX library /usr/lib/libintl.a), but not .libiconv, Richard> .libiconv_open or .libiconv_close Richard> So why does the bootstrap build process tack on the "lib" prefix to these Richard> symbols? I cannot find references to libiconv_close in my sources or objects, so I cannot reproduce your problem to give any additional advice. David