My gcc is -------- Reading specs from /usr/local/sde-mips/bin/../lib/gcc/sde/3.4.4/specs Configured with: /cygdrive/c/releasetool.tmp/bank-20070207-1902/B-i386-cygwin/toolchain/mipssde-6.06.00/configure --target=sde --prefix=/usr/local/sde6 --enable-languages=c,c++ --without-newlib --disable-shared --disable-nls --disable-tui --disable-multilib Thread model: mipssde gcc version 3.4.4 mipssde-6.06.00-20070207 >You don't say what version of gcc you are using. It may be worth while >to upgrade to GCC-4.3 ( available as a release candidate right now). > >David Daney