--- /dev/null
+--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope
++++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/rope
+@@ -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
+--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h
++++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/ropeimpl.h
+@@ -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;