It looks like I'm having the same kind of problems...
In fact, the issue raised is much more general: from long experience
with SGI we (CDF) know that native FORTRAN (this is just an example)
compiler
coming with any new version of OS contains bugs. First experiences with
SGI C++ show the same and I wouldn't expect SGI to be an exception here...
For this reason it seems to be very important for any
product (not only for ROOT) to have libraries
compiled in a way which would minimize dependence from any particular
vendor. To the moment the most realistic solution is provided by GNU
C++ compiler. Using GCC would also solve many
portability problems - I'm not discussing the efficiency issues here.
I'd even volunteer to recompile libraries with GCC, the only thing
I need to know is which source codes go to which library. BTW,
is it really necessary to have about 2 dozens of small libraries ?
Pasha.