5.3 Binutils problem

dupree · 07-11-2005, 09:55 AM

Hi, I am trying to compile binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2 in Red Hat 9. I tried what it says in the manual:
../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls

except I had it inside another dir called builds so I tried:

Code:

lfs:~$ /builds/binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.

but as you can see I got an error. Anyone help me with this problem? I am logged in as user lfs like in the manual.

sundialsvcs · 07-20-2005, 05:55 PM

What I suggest is that you look inside the configure file, e.g. with "less," and search for this message. Probably what is going wrong here is some kind of a permissions-problem: no write-access is granted to the directory where the configure file is trying to work. (Configure does a lot of stuff by writing little c-programs on the fly and compiling them.)

See also if there's any kind of "--verbose" option...

kjordan · 07-20-2005, 07:36 PM

Also, there should be a config.log, see where it stops in there, it usually says what test program it was trying to compile and such.