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Hi,

has anyone tried counting the ammount of confusion caused by the error msg  
:

"* compiler cannot create executables" ?

google it . Thousands from all distros with any compiler all getting badly  
confused.

The problem is that this error msg traps a whole range of error conditions  
and is only indirectly relevant most of the time.

eg: a friend just installed gcc-4.x on SuSE wanting to test gfortran. He  
got "g77 compiler cannot create executables" , you know why? BECAUSE THE  
WAS NO G77! Suse dont include it in the rpm.

Now the msg clearly implies there is a g77 and that it cannot create  
executables. This is only helpful if one is familiar with this nonsense  
and know what it means in reality.

PLEASE can this be split into separate tests with separte , indicative  
messages?

Like first test for the existance of the compiler command and flag if it  
is missing, if not THEN try to use it.



A nice tool but some msgs could be a lot better.

kind regards.