Following up my own message(*) I fixed the new problem introduced with 2.0.7 on Irix4, as the configuration script made incorrect assumptions about what an Irix machine looked like. Removing the new stuff let to a working system -- when one applies the usual patches which have been needed for at least the last 4 versions. ==John ffitch (*) Well someone has to. I have never had a response to any message to this list as far as i can recall.