> You need a freshly build "config" (and a new "make" as well)
> 
> -Phil
> (One who has walked the same road)

Thanks, that appears to have done it.  I heard about needing to
rebuild make, but I must have missed the message(s) about doing
the same for config...

(But then again, maybe I should keep my mouth shut until the kernel
build is actually done, rather than just a lot farther than it used
to go 8-)

Jon