Re: gnats installation error

[Chad Walstrom]

Adam Weremczuk <address@hidden>  wrote:
> Hi, can somebody help me? My installation error:
> 
> address@hidden gnats-4.1.0]# ./configure
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C 
> compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.

I ran across this type of error on a Macintosh OS X 10.3 machine
trying to run XCode 1.1.  There was a mismatch between the libraries
present on the system and the (10.3.x) and the headers and tools that
were being used (XCode 1.1, the bundle of gcc and family).  You may be
looking at something similar.

> A fragment of the config.log file:
> 
> gcc version 3.3.5 (PLD Linux)
> configure:1617: $? = 0
> configure:1619: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
> gcc: `-V' option must have argument

Odd.

> configure:1622: $? = 1
> configure:1645: checking for C compiler default output file name
> configure:1648: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
> /usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

This would lead me to believe that the linker isn't able to find

> configure:1651: $? = 1
> configure: failed program was:
> | /* confdefs.h.  */
> |
> | #define PACKAGE_NAME "gnats"
> | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "gnats"
> | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "4.1.0"
> | #define PACKAGE_STRING "gnats 4.1.0"
> | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "address@hidden"
> | /* end confdefs.h.  */
> |
> | int
> | main ()
> | {
> |
> |   ;
> |   return 0;
> | }
> configure:1689: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.

What version of GNU Make are you using?  Are you rebuilding the
configure file via autoconf, and if so, what versions are you using? 

I'll try to get some time to look at this today or tomorrow.  Good
luck!

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