We're also having AIX 4.3.3 with the following configure options/CFLAGS CFLAGS="-g -O2 -mcpu=powerpc" ./configure --disable-asm --enable-static-rnd=unix --disable-nls --with-included-zlib --with-included-gettext --disable-dynload it compiles and runs flawlessly Mark -- Mag. Mark Hofstetter Vienna University Computer Center