On Monday, in article <2lg03kFbb11kU1@uni-berlin.de>
     bwalsh@SPAMMERSAREVERMINindigo.ie "Barry Walsh" wrote:

I vaguely remember reading it'll only compile with GCC 2.96, though I 
haven't gotten round to trying myself.

And version 2.96 was deprecated, being an unofficial, and buggy, Red Hat 
fudge so it won't be found on any current distribution ('cept Red Hat 
maybe).
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