I'm compiling a C++ project using gcc under Suse 8.2. Some exceptions being thrown are not being caught and I suspect this is a problem with the version of gcc, which announces itself as a 3.3 prerelease version. I found some discussions on a message board about gcc indicating that some versions have trouble catching exceptions, and the same code works when compiled with MS VC++. So I'd like to upgrade gcc to the latest stable release, which is 3.3.1. The trouble is, the binary RPMs for gcc 3.3.1 and associated libraries on the net all appear to need RPM version 4. Does anyone know a workaround? I guess I could build gcc 3.3.1 from the sources (assuming I can find a source RPM that doesn't nee RPM 4), but I was hoping to avoid that. David Crocker Escher Technologies Ltd. www.eschertech.com