Joseph, > Are -static-libstdc++ and -static-libgcc not working for you (with the > stage 1 compiler when it's used to link stage 2, and the stage 2 compiler > used to link stage 3)? If not, fixing them if possible would be the right > approach.
unless HP-UX ld supports -Bstatic/-Bdynamic and --help, the corresponding section in gcc/configure.ac (gcc_cv_ld_static_dynamic and friends) needs to be updated. I had to do the same for Solaris, IRIX and Tru64 UNIX. Rainer -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Orth, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University