Joseph> Thus, it would seem appropriate, for each of the 18 successive Joseph> states after an initial subsequence of the patches is applied, Joseph> to verify that, if you build with make 3.81, touch Makefile.in Joseph> and then do make -j2 cc1, it does not produce the hang Joseph> previously observed.
Good idea. I'll dig up make 3.81 and give it a try soon, if not tomorrow, then early next week. Tom