Ed,
> Meanwhile, I tried again with the lastest development snapshot,
> 1.7.52, and got the same error (below).
>
> The compiler gives me the following version information:
>
> bash-3.1$ c99 -v
> MIPSpro Compilers: Version 7.4.3m
>
> The system is:
>
> bash-3.1$ uname -a
> IRIX64 flip 6.5 01062343 IP30
You probably know this, but the above is an SGI/IRIX system, not a
Sun. I'm only pointing this out because the message subject and
previous context of the messages were about problems on a Sun
platform, not an SGI ...
--Russ