Original patch from gentoo: gentoo/src/patchsets/gcc/4.3.1/uclibc/90_all_304-index_macro.patch diff -durN gcc-4.3.1.orig/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope gcc-4.3.1/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope --- gcc-4.3.1.orig/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope 2008-01-31 19:44:55.000000000 +0100 +++ gcc-4.3.1/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope 2008-06-10 14:59:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ #include #include +/* cope w/ index defined as macro, SuSv3 proposal */ +#undef index + # ifdef __GC # define __GC_CONST const # else diff -durN gcc-4.3.1.orig/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h gcc-4.3.1/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h --- gcc-4.3.1.orig/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h 2007-05-04 17:06:46.000000000 +0200 +++ gcc-4.3.1/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h 2008-06-10 14:59:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ #include // For uninitialized_copy_n #include // For power +/* cope w/ index defined as macro, SuSv3 proposal */ +#undef index + _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(__gnu_cxx) using std::size_t;