Hi again! At my very first attempt to make the patch that I sent a few minutes ago, I tried to use the "config.arch" scheme to modify $lddlflags value. Basically, what I did was: 1) Modify hints/linux.sh to generate the config.arch file after it has detected the use of '-Duse64bitall'. 2) Run ./Configure -de -Duse64bitall Ok, everything worked fine. Then, I wanted to test the behaviour of the Configure script without the presence of '-Duse64bitall', so I did: 3) make distclean 4) ./Configure -de What I noted is that "make distclean" does not remove the "config.arch" file, what makes the step (4) generate a wrong output (because Configure continues to execute "config.arch" file, obviously). I don't think it's a good idea to let "config.arch" around after a "make distclean". What about you? Regards, -- Sérgio Durigan Júnior Software Engineer Linux Technology Center - LTC IBM Brazil