[GRASSLIST:4171] Re: ./configure gcc problem -- solved

[Martin Wegmann]

On Wednesday 11 August 2004 08:06, H B wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > I upgraded some packages under debian and probably some dependencies
> > caused gcc to upgrade as well.
>
> I just compiled the latest 5.7-cvs on the lastest Debian/testing with
> no problems. Perhaps some of the gcc-3.4 -dev packages from
> Debian/Unstable slipped in to your system?

that was the case, it is a known bug of debian unstable gcc3.3 -- I had to 
upgrade binutils to unstable as well to get it working again. 
now back to testing and keeping my hands off unstable ,-)
Martin