>> So - the question is this - what's broken that would cause or allow
>> ld.elf_so to be compiled differently between a 603 and a 604 system?
>
> Can you compared objects created on the two (603 and 604) systems to see where
> the differences are.

I was wrong - the ld.elf_so from the 603 does not work right on the 604 
system. And I've confirmed that another 604 system has the same problem.

Am I the ONLY person running 1.6.2 on a 604 who's tried to compile the 
latest netbsd-1-6?

John Klos