here's a positive note, it works fine for me on fc8.
[rminnich@xcpu ga_2761gxdk]$ ld -v -v GNU ld version 2.17.50.0.12-4 20070128 GNU ld version 2.17.50.0.12-4 20070128 [rminnich@xcpu ga_2761gxdk]$ gcc -v -v Using built-in specs. Target: i386-redhat-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --enable-plugin --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --with-cpu=generic --host=i386-redhat-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.1.2 20070502 (Red Hat 4.1.2-12)
Will try tonight on ubuntu
ron