Re: Trying to compile GZIP on AIX 4.3.3 IBM RS6000

[Matthew Woehlke]

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> I'm trying to compile and hopefully install gzip on our IBM RS 6000 AIX 4.3.3.
> This is what I have tried. [snip previous attempts]
>
> CC=cc
> export CC
>
> typed ./configure again and got the same message as above (compiler cannot 
> create excecutables)
>
> Enclosed is the config.log file
>
> Any suggestions, words of wisdom...

Yes. It helps to actually look at the log. Let's do that...

> configure:2674: cc --version >&5
> ./configure[2675]: cc:  not found

It seems that 'cc' is "not found". So either you have no 'cc' or it is 
not in your PATH. My guess is that there was a similar problem with 
'xlc', and of course all of this would explain why on the first run 
'configure' was unable to find a suitable compiler.

On my AIX 5.1 box, the compilers live in /usr/vacpp/bin. I would check 
if you have such a directory, and if there are compilers in it. If so, 
try this:

$ unset CC # let configure guess
$ PATH=/usr/vacpp/bin:$PATH # PATH is already exported
$ ./configure

--
Matthew
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