odd gcc 4.4 failure on ppc/ppc64

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

Basically, the package (wlassistant) builds fine on i586 and x86_64, but
blows a fuse on ppc and ppc64:

[ppc64]
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=1215120&name=build.log

In file included from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/cstdio:48,
                 from build/src/watools.cpp:25:
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/ppc64-redhat-linux/bits/c++config.h:1666:
error: expected unqualified-id before 'namespace'
In file included from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/bits/locale_facets.h:2604,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/bits/basic_ios.h:44,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/ios:50,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/ostream:45,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/iostream:45,
                 from build/src/watools.cpp:30:

[ppc]
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/getfile?taskID=1215118&name=build.log

In file included from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/cstdio:48,
                 from build/src/watools.cpp:25:
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/ppc64-redhat-linux/bits/c++config.h:223:
error: expected unqualified-id before 'namespace'
In file included from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/bits/locale_facets.h:2604,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/bits/basic_ios.h:44,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/ios:50,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/ostream:45,
                 from
/usr/lib/gcc/ppc64-redhat-linux/4.4.0/../../../../include/c++/4.4.0/iostream:45,
                 from build/src/watools.cpp:30:

I'm wondering if something isn't broken on the ppc side of the compiler.
Any and all help is welcome.

~spot