> Benjamin, what are we doing differently? I don't know. I've re-run the tests with ld-2.11.93.0.2 vs. 2.13.90. I've run 2002-07-25 sources versus today's sources. I've reproduced my results on a second machine. I don't know what's up, but at this point you, Jakub, and Loren have similar results, so I'll bow out gracefully. thanks, benjamin