>>>>> Alexy Khrabrov writes: Alexy> I'm not root on that big AIX box, is there a simple way Alexy> to tweak the bootstrap in some way to achieve the same effect without Alexy> touching the old gcc? No. Alxy> And, is there a way to use xlc for bootstrapping, Alexy> or it is not supported? I have not had trouble bootstrapping with xlc but others have. David