> #include <iostream.h>
> main()
> {
>     cout << hex << 1234 << endl;
> }
> 
> The output:
> 
> {pent2:~}133: g++ -o test1 test1.C         
> /var/tmp/cc29957a1.o: Undefined symbol `_hex__FR3ios' referenced from text 
> segment

This is what my bin/4490 PR is about. Although I have
suggested a workaround (see audit trail), no one seems
to have taken a look at it. :-/
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Ingolf Koch         http://www.minet.uni-jena.de/~ingolf/ 
FSU Jena, Institut fuer Angewandte Mathematik, 07740 Jena