diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97dcb9ab..b12b87ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ vm/linux/generated/Objs.zone
 vm/linux/generated/Platform_linux
 vm/linux/generated/Tags
 vm/linux/generated/glueCheckSum
+vm/linux/generated/glueFileList
 vm/linux/generated/incls/_precompiled.hh
 vm/linux/generated/includeDB
 vm/linux/optimized/Self
diff --git a/bin/shell/makeFileLists b/bin/shell/makeFileLists
index 63bc3f8d..1285c8dd 100755
--- a/bin/shell/makeFileLists
+++ b/bin/shell/makeFileLists
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ echo '${AOUT} files: ${PATCHED_OBJS}'   >> $dep
 echo '${AOUT}:' `cat $allobjs` '${GLUE_LIBS}' >> $dep
 echo -n '	@lock_run _$@.lock' "'" >> $dep
 echo ' echo Compiling vmDate ; \' 	>> $dep
-echo '	make_vmDate; ${AS} vmDate.s -o vmDate.o; \'>> $dep
+echo '	make_vmDate; ${AS} ${ASFLAGS} vmDate.s -o vmDate.o; \'>> $dep
 echo '	check_locks ; \' 		>> $dep
 echo '	echo Linking $@ ; \' 		>> $dep
 echo '	rm -rf $@ cleanLocks; \' 	>> $dep   # if disk space is tight...
diff --git a/bin/src/makeDeps.cpp b/bin/src/makeDeps.cpp
index a96ece35..ee32e9ec 100755
--- a/bin/src/makeDeps.cpp
+++ b/bin/src/makeDeps.cpp
@@ -862,8 +862,8 @@ Bool list::compareLists(register list* s, database* cur, database* prev) {
 void list::add(list* s) {
   register item* i = new item(s);
   // next two statements are for debugging
-  if (  i->next     )    { printf("next %x\n", (unsigned)i->next);      Plat.abort();}
-  if ( !i->contents )    { printf("c = %x\n",  (unsigned)i->contents);  Plat.abort();}
+  if (  i->next     )    { printf("next %p\n", i->next);      Plat.abort();}
+  if ( !i->contents )    { printf("c = %p\n",  i->contents);  Plat.abort();}
   
   if (last)   last->next = i;
   else             first = i;
diff --git a/vm/linux/generated/glueFileList b/vm/linux/generated/glueFileList
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/vm/templates/compile.make b/vm/templates/compile.make
index 6277b591..45f3d38d 100755
--- a/vm/templates/compile.make
+++ b/vm/templates/compile.make
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ glue.o: glue.cpp
 	@lock_run _$@.lock " \
 		echo Linking $@; \
 		ld ${GLUE_LD_FLAGS} -o $@ $< ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${$*_libs}; \
+		ld ${GLUE_LD_FLAGS} -o $@ $< ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${$*_libs}; \
 	"
 
 # Creating patched sigaction
diff --git a/vm/templates/link.make b/vm/templates/link.make
index ff726bb0..28f14bc2 100755
--- a/vm/templates/link.make
+++ b/vm/templates/link.make
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ else
   LINK.gnu = CC  -norunpath 
 endif
 
-COMPILE.gnu.o	  = ${COMPILE.gnu} ${CFLAGS}    -c
-COMPILE.gnu.o.nog = ${COMPILE.gnu} ${CFLAGSnog} -c
-COMPILE.gnu.s	  = ${COMPILE.gnu} ${CFLAGS} -S
-COMPILE.gnu.i	  = ${COMPILE.gnu} ${CFLAGS} -E
+COMPILE.gnu.o	  = ${COMPILE.gnu} ${GNUFLAGS} ${CFLAGS}    -c
+COMPILE.gnu.o.nog = ${COMPILE.gnu} ${GNUFLAGS} ${CFLAGSnog} -c
+COMPILE.gnu.s	  = ${COMPILE.gnu} ${GNUFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -S
+COMPILE.gnu.i	  = ${COMPILE.gnu} ${GNUFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} -E
 
-ASFLAGS =
+ASFLAGS = --32
 ifeq (${COMPILER}, GCC_COMPILER)
  COMPILE1.s = ${COMPILE.gnu.i} -xc++
 else
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ ifeq (${COMPILER}, GCC_COMPILER)
     # LD = PURIFYOPTIONS="-HOME=$(PURELINKHOME)" \
     #      ${GCC} ${CC_PURELINK_OPTS} ${LDFLAGS}
   else
-    LDFLAGS += ${LIBDIRS} -e start -dc -dp
+    LDFLAGS += ${LIBDIRS} -e start -dc -dp -m32
     # Get gcc to call ld directly
     # for Jaguar:
     LD = ${GCC} -B/usr/bin/ ${LDFLAGS}
diff --git a/vm/templates/linux.make b/vm/templates/linux.make
index ceb35482..25fb1f48 100755
--- a/vm/templates/linux.make
+++ b/vm/templates/linux.make
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ SRC_PATH = ${ROOT}/vm/${VM_SUBDIR}/generated/incls \
 	   $(SRC_DIRS:%=${ROOT}/vm/src/%)
 
 #ASM_FILTER    = | removeUnderscore | sed 's;//.*;;'
-GLUE_LD_FLAGS = -G
+GLUE_LD_FLAGS = -G -m32
 VPATH        += $(SRC_PATH:%=%:)
 CPP           = /usr/bin/cpp
 
-XLIBLIBDIRS = -L/usr/lib
+XLIBLIBDIRS = 
 CLIBS = -lstdc++ -lnsl -lc
 # no -lsocket
 
 
 # link termcap and ucb statically to avoid having to mess with LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 #OS_GLUE_LIBS = /usr/ucblib/libtermcap.a /usr/ucblib/libucb.a -lm
-OS_GLUE_LIBS =   /usr/lib/libncurses.a -lm -lpthread
+OS_GLUE_LIBS = -lncurses -lm -lpthread
 
 # precomp headers for  Linux
 # _precompiled.hh is in generated/incls, _precomiped.gch is in debug, optimized, etc.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ CONFIGDEFS = \
              -DMANUFACTURER=${MANUFACTURER}
 
 INCLUDE_PRECOMP = -include _precompiled.hh
-GNUFLAGS +=  -fno-exceptions -ffriend-injection -Winvalid-pch -fno-stack-protector
+GNUFLAGS +=  -m32 -fno-exceptions -ffriend-injection -Winvalid-pch -fno-stack-protector
 
 INCLUDES += -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/X11 -I/usr/lib/c++/4.1