> In case anyone with plenty of cycles and bytes can to try it on other > systems, it turns out you need the patch at > <URL: http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave/mailing-lists/bug-octave/1998/270 > > for some C++-ism which egcs now rejects. Perhaps the FAQ should point to that, e.g. Q. Octave doesn't compile! A. <URL: http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave/mailing-lists/bug-octave/1998/270 >