> > 
> > as: /var/tmp/cc001106.s:1061: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.weak'
> > make[2]: *** [SLList.o] Error 1
> > 
> > Is this just that I don't have the most recent version of gas ??

Yes.  Both gas and ld were updated post-1.0 to handle weak references.
You'll have to upgrade to the newest NetBSD versions --- the ones in
binutils 2.5.2 are not acceptable.

	--jtc