[ntws01]

I've been trying to get one of my program to work properly for a while now but it wont, to be honest I think the problem could be with my compiler (GCC 3.2.2) because this should work.

The problem doesn't occur until the first while loop runs throught once, then if I answer y to the prompt asking me if I want to add another distribution the program skips getline(cin,date);

Compiler information:
gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

int main() {
	using namespace std;
	// initialise variables
	char responce = 'y'; // starts as yes so the loop will run at least once
	string date;
	string distribution;
	string version;
	while(toupper(responce) != 'N') {
		system("clear"); // clear screen
		cout << endl << "New list entry" << endl;

		// get information
		cout << "Date of release: ";
		getline(cin,date);
		cout << "Name of distribution: ";
		getline(cin,distribution);
		cout << "Version number: ";
		getline(cin,version);

		// write information
		ofstream a_file("CS-FSLUG_dlist",ios::app);
		a_file << date << ": " << distribution << " " << version << endl;
		a_file.close();

		// prompt for continuation
		responce = 'p';
		while (toupper(responce) != 'Y' && toupper(responce) != 'N') {
			cout << "Enter another distribution (y/n): ";
			cin >> responce;
		}
		system("clear"); // clear screen
	}
	return 0;
}