oops, spoke too soon: $ g++-3.0 -o conftest -g -O2 x.cpp -ldb3_cxx /tmp/cccMHqCc.o: In function `main': /home/lizzy/tmp/20030514/changed/usfda-ndc-drug-info-0.4b/x.cpp:11: undefined reference to `DbEnv::version(int*, int*, int*)' /home/lizzy/tmp/20030514/changed/usfda-ndc-drug-info-0.4b/x.cpp:11: relocation truncated to fit: R_PPC_REL24 DbEnv::version(int*, int*, int*) collect2: ld returned 1 exit status Elizabeth