-frepo does not create repository

[Ronald Fischer]

I have the following declaration in one file:

   template<typename T> extern void f(T); 

The function f is called, but the code for f resides in a separate
file. Following the advice in the gcc online documentation, I 
compile the file containing the calling site with

   -frepo

but the compiler does not create a repository file, and the linker
consequently complains about the missing functions (such as
f<int>(int)).

I use gcc 3.0.2 and ld 2.9.1

Ronald