Thanks Ian and Marc, > > From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> > > This means that libstdc++.so is expecting a newer > version > > of libgcc than the one that it found. You may need > to use > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH, or link with -static-libgcc. > > > > Ian > > > > From: Marc Glisse <marc.glisse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Which libgcc_s.so.1 got loaded when you had this error? It > looks like the kind of thing that might happen if you use a > recent libstdc++ with an older libgcc_s. > I didn't notice that I had inadvertently set LD_LIBRARY_PATH which contained /usr/sfw/lib; I'll clear the LD_LIBRARY_PATH Best regards Amitava