OK with a fresh tarball I'm trying again. Configure goes fine. Make
falls over with:

//snipped!//

In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
                 from /usr/include/limits.h:30,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:117,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/syslimits.h:7,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/limits.h:11,
                 from /usr/include/sys/param.h:23,
                 from ../src/unix/sqUnixExternalPrims.c:52:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:27: linux/limits.h: No such file or
directory
In file included from ../src/unix/sqUnixExternalPrims.c:52:
/usr/include/sys/param.h:24: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
/usr/include/sys/param.h:25: linux/param.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [sqUnixExternalPrims.o] Error 1

It looks like I'm missing something ;-)  the question is, *what*?
Without knowing exactly what libraries are presupposed, or what glibc
version Ian's build is pointed at, or whether it expects stuff in
(relatively) standards compliant places or the wierd Harold places
RedHat puts stuff, I can't see a way forward.

Any ideas welcome!

Cheers

John

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