> > I can push, but somebody first please confirm for me,
> the C++ noob, that adding a header in the preprocessor includes does not
> impact backwards compatibility. That is, adding that include will not
> cause build failures with a gcc previous to 4.7
> 
> His patch is correct.  It is (nearly) impossible to
> break compilation by including new base system headers that were included in
> previous gcc versions via include chaining.

I thought so, but wasn't sure. :)

> I really wonder why gcc can't leave well enough alone
> sometimes...we can't be the only large project affected by this change...

Okay, add the gcc developers to the poopie list along with the libpng and libjpeg developers. Time for a blanket party?

Darrell