Jonathan Stone writes:
> For i386, I could provide a 1.3.1 ld binary with the additions, if
> it'd help until a snapshot is available.  Or you could rebuild the
> -current ld against your 1.3 libraries and install it; that's
> basically how I tested this change, so I'm fairly confident it should
> work.

No problem.  

I guess I just didn't go down the gnu tree far enough to try to build
the tools.  I tried a build from /usr/src/gnu .  Going all the way to
ld directory proved sufficient.  Thanks for the tip.

-wolfgang