Debian Linux. Have always built from scratch with no problem. This is 8.2.1 from postgresql.org. Conf line is: --prefix=/local/pgsql82 --enable-depend --enable-cassert --enable-debug --with-tcl --with-python --with-perl --with-pgport=5432 Build error is: gcc -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing -g -Wno-error -L../../../../src/port -Wl,-rpath,'/local/pgsql82/lib' preproc.o type.o ecpg.o ecpg_keywords.o output.o keywords.o c_keywords.o ../ecpglib/typename.o descriptor.o variable.o -lpgport -lz -lreadline -lcrypt -ldl -lm -o ecpg /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(elf-init.oS)(.gnu.linkonce.t.__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx+0x0): In function `__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx': : multiple definition of `__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx' ../ecpglib/typename.o(.gnu.linkonce.t.__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx+0x0):/home/local/src/postgresql-8.2.1/src/interfaces/ecpg/ecpglib/typename.c:18: first defined herecollect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[4]: *** [ecpg] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/local/src/postgresql-8.2.1/src/interfaces/ecpg/preproc' make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/local/src/postgresql-8.2.1/src/interfaces/ecpg' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/local/src/postgresql-8.2.1/src/interfaces' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/local/src/postgresql-8.2.1/src' make: *** [all] Error 2 Any ideas? elein