--- a/README.Linux	Tue Dec 17 17:48:02 1996 +0000
+++ b/README.Linux	Thu Dec 19 02:27:22 1996 +0000
@@ -72,17 +72,48 @@
 link.  However, if your version of libg++ was not compiled with your
 current version of gcc, you are likely to run into more trouble.
 
+The linker can't find -lieee
+----------------------------
+
+This can happen because your libraries don't match your version of
+gcc.  Some recent Linux distributions don't include a libieee.a file
+because IEEE support is now the default and the library is no longer
+needed, but the gcc specs file still adds -lieee to the linker command
+if gcc is invoked with the -mieeefp flag.  I believe that you should
+be able to fix this by editing the gcc specs file.  In it, you should
+find something like this:
+
+  %{!shared: %{mieee-fp:-lieee} %{p:-lgmon} %{pg:-lgmon} \
+  %{!ggdb:-lc} %{ggdb:-lg}}
+
+changing it to
+
+  %{!shared: %{p:-lgmon} %{pg:-lgmon} %{!ggdb:-lc} %{ggdb:-lg}}
+
+should keep gcc from adding -lieee to the link command.  You can find
+the location of the specs file by running the command gcc -v.
+
+My system doesn't have g77
+--------------------------
+
+A binary release of g77 that should work with gcc 2.7.2 is available
+from sunsite.unc.edu in the directory /pub/Linux/devel/lang/fortran.
+There is also a Debian package for g77.
+
 Upgrading your compiler and libraries
 -------------------------------------
 
-Finally, installing libg++ on a Linux system is not as simple as it
-should be, because libg++ shares some basic I/O code with the Linux C
-library, and they must be compatible.  You should get and read the
-release notes for the compiler and libraries.
+Installing libg++ on a Linux system is not as simple as it should be,
+because libg++ shares some basic I/O code with the Linux C library,
+and they must be compatible.  You should get and read the release
+notes for the compiler and libraries.
+
+If you have comments or suggestions for this document, please contact
+bug-octave@bevo.che.wisc.edu.
 
 John W. Eaton
 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu
 University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Department of Chemical Engineering
 
-Sat Dec 14 09:44:05 1996
+Tue Dec 17 13:24:52 1996

--- a/WWW/mailing-lists/index.html	Tue Dec 17 17:48:02 1996 +0000
+++ b/WWW/mailing-lists/index.html	Thu Dec 19 02:27:22 1996 +0000
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@
 <h1>Octave Mailing List Archives</h1>
 <hr>
 
-<h2>help-octave -- General discussion about using and installing Octave.</h2>
+<h2>help-octave</h2>
+<h3>General discussion about using and installing Octave</h3>
 
+<p>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="help-octave/1996">1996</a>
 <li><a href="help-octave/1995">1995</a>
@@ -18,8 +20,11 @@
 <li><a href="help-octave/1993">1993</a>
 <li><a href="help-octave/1992">1992</a>
 </ul>
+</p>
+<hr>
 
-<h2>bug-octave -- Bug reports.  Sometimes fixes are posted to this list.</h2>
+<h2>bug-octave</h2>
+<h3>Bug reports (sometimes fixes are posted to this list)</h3>
 
 <p>
 <ul>
@@ -30,14 +35,17 @@
 <li><a href="bug-octave/1992">1992</a>
 </ul>
 </p>
+<hr>
 
-<h2>octave-sources -- Enhancements contributed by Octave users.</h2>
+<h2>octave-sources</h2>
+<h3>Enhancements contributed by Octave users</h3>
 
 <p>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="octave-sources/1996">1996</a>
 </ul>
 </p>
+<hr>
 
 <h2><a name="JOIN">How to join the mailing lists</a></h2>
 

--- a/liboctave/ChangeLog	Tue Dec 17 17:48:02 1996 +0000
+++ b/liboctave/ChangeLog	Thu Dec 19 02:27:22 1996 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Wed Dec 18 16:18:58 1996  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
+
+	* lo-ieee.cc: Include <nan.h> on all systems that have it.
+
 Fri Dec 13 02:01:32 1996  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
 	* Array2-idx.h (assign): Delay resizing left hand side until we

--- a/liboctave/lo-ieee.cc	Tue Dec 17 17:48:02 1996 +0000
+++ b/liboctave/lo-ieee.cc	Thu Dec 19 02:27:22 1996 +0000
@@ -31,11 +31,15 @@
 #include <floatingpoint.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined (HAVE_NAN_H) && defined (SCO)
+#if defined (HAVE_NAN_H)
+#if defined (SCO)
 #define _IEEE 1
+#endif
 #include <nan.h>
+#if defined (SCO)
 #undef _IEEE
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #include "lo-ieee.h"
 

--- a/src/BaseSLList.cc	Tue Dec 17 17:48:02 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/BaseSLList.cc	Thu Dec 19 02:27:22 1996 +0000
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@
 #include <builtin.h>
 #include "BaseSLList.h"
 
+#include "error.h"
+
 void BaseSLList::error(const char* msg) const
 {
-  (*lib_error_handler)("SLList", msg);
+  ::error ("SLList: %s", msg);
 }
 
 int BaseSLList::length() const

--- a/src/ChangeLog	Tue Dec 17 17:48:02 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/ChangeLog	Thu Dec 19 02:27:22 1996 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Dec 18 20:17:23 1996  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
+
+	* BaseSLList.cc: Include error.h.
+	(BaseSLList::error): Call ::error() to process error message.
+
 Fri Dec 13 02:38:19 1996  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
 	* ov.cc (octave_value::convert_and_assign): Preserve lhs value if