i also had this problem. after applying the fedora gawk patches the problem has gone http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/devel/gawk/
my system gcc 4.0.1-pre, hjb binutils, glibc 2.3.5, cross-lfs wfg Mario -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page