According to Kent Vander Velden:
> 
> 
>   When should the next snapshot be expected to be released?  At the
> moment, I have the november snapshot installed but compiling/linking
> would appear to not be possible with this snapshot.  When I try to link
> it complians something about all libraries need to be -fPIC.  I posted a
> message about this once but only heard from someone that was having the
> same problem.  So, if you have a solution to this linking problem or a
> working snapshot I would love to hear from you.
> 
>   Thanks.
> 
> ---
> Kent Vander Velden
> graphix@iastate.edu
> 
> 

If you get the comp.tar.gz archive from the snapshot *Before* that,
you'll be able to compile and link, but you still can't build a working
kernel as far as I can tell. 

				eric