> Actually it looks like the Makefile should have already prevented going into
	   > that subdir by the check for gcc's version. If that has not been working,
	   > it should have been fixed.
	   
	   Where is HAVE_GCC29 supposed to be set, out of curiosity?


	hmm.. this sounds like your compiler is broken some how.  what does
	"c++ --version" print?  HAVE_GCC29 is set with != that command....

A number of the HAVE_GCC29 comparisons are bogus.

Eduardo