> You can initialize variables in a library using a constructor. Not portably. __attribute__ ((constructor)) is [obviously] a GCC extension. As such a change would then be gcc specific, it would probably not be accepted as an upstream change by any but the most linux-specific packages... -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-sparc-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .