Updated my linuxbox this morning with new libc6 2.95.10.0.1 though this was the 'non buggy' one. Now I can't compile anymore, and the error message is: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc did someone mentioned it ? sorry if it's the case, I missed the thread max -- Baudin Maxime - Laboratoire electronique et communication - CNAM, Paris