> This is apparently a symptom of groff's constructors not being run
> correctly.
> 
> What that means is that you have inconsistent crt* files wrt. to the
> host compiler.  Until you correct this, your host compiler will not be
> able to generate any working C++ programs.
> 

This has solved the problem.  Thank you very much, I dont think I could
have tracked that one down on my own.

Thanks again,
Jeff