[GRASSLIST:4151] Re: ./configure gcc problem

[Glynn Clements]

Martin Wegmann wrote:

> this is probably not a GRASS problem but perhaps somebody encountered this 
> problem with GRASS already. 
> I tried to compile the GRASS 57 snapshot as well as the older 5.7.0 source, 
> but both processes were terminated with a gcc error. Previous attempts did 
> not result in such error prompts.
> 
> ./configure --with-grass50=/home/misc/software/grass/grass53_exp_2004_08_07
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot 
> create executables.

Look in config.log; there should be a group of lines like:

	configure:721: checking for gcc
	configure:825: checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g ) works
	configure:841: gcc -o conftest -g   conftest.c  1>&5

If there were any error messages, they will follow the above lines.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>