Alexandre, rpm -q gcc-java gcc-java-2.96-53 (it has your patch http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2000-08/msg00516.html applied) still crashes in strcpy as I reported in http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2000-08/msg00237.html ) You can find more details in http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16109 Vladislav