contents of libc.so hvx05:/usr/lib# less libc.so /* GNU ld script Use the shared library, but some functions are only in the static library, so try that secondarily. */ OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf32-powerpc) GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a AS_NEEDED ( /lib/ld.so.1 ) ) looks the same as the libc.so on the intel machine (586 model) and that make works.
thanks dale