[GRASSLIST:4159] 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.
> 
> This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
> 
> configure:698: checking host system type
> configure:721: checking for gcc
> configure:825: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works
> configure:841: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
> /usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--as-needed'

> gcc or GRASS error? TIA Martin

gcc.

My guess is that it requires a newer version of ld.

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Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>