Andrew, FYI, I did file a bugzilla report on this issue... http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35689 ...and Andrew Pinksi declared the usage of c++ i/o in pdftk.cc, while using java exceptions, as invalid. Shouldn't http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/changes.html mention this new strictness in g++ of 4.3.x? Also, were any of the java developers aware of this change? It would have been nice if this could have been a warning in the 4.3.x releases to give developers time to adjust. Jack