> Heh, thanks - menuconfig works now. Are there any downsides to > disabling this whilst building a kernel image?
There are no downsides to disabling it forever. It merely tells the stupid gcc wrapper to not behave inconsistently and unexpectedly. You can achieve a similar effect by removing /usr/bin/gcc and replacing it with a symlink to /usr/bin/gcc-3.3, which is what is done on every other Debian architecture. gcc's default behavior still allows you to compile 64-bit objects and does not lead to inane and unexpected breakage such as you have just experienced by using BenC's wrapper.
