diff -durN gcc-4.2.1.orig/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope gcc-4.2.1/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope
--- gcc-4.2.1.orig/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope	2006-10-17 13:56:21.000000000 +0200
+++ gcc-4.2.1/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope	2007-08-03 20:34:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 #include <bits/allocator.h>
 #include <ext/hash_fun.h>
 
+/* cope w/ index defined as macro, SuSv3 proposal */
+#undef index
+
 # ifdef __GC
 #   define __GC_CONST const
 # else
diff -durN gcc-4.2.1.orig/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h gcc-4.2.1/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h
--- gcc-4.2.1.orig/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h	2006-10-17 13:56:21.000000000 +0200
+++ gcc-4.2.1/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h	2007-08-03 20:34:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
 #include <ext/memory> // For uninitialized_copy_n
 #include <ext/numeric> // For power
 
+/* cope w/ index defined as macro, SuSv3 proposal */
+#undef index
+
 _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(__gnu_cxx)
 
   using std::size_t;
