LinuxQuestions.org - CLFS 5.9 - Glibc compile: suffix of object files, cannot compile

While running configure for glibc-2.7 I run into an error early on.

Code:

configure: loading cache config.cache

checking build system type... i486-cross-linux-gnu

checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

configure: running configure fragment for add-on nptl

checking sysdep dirs... sysdeps/x86_64/elf nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64 nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux nptl/sysdeps/pthread sysdeps/pthread sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux sysdeps/gnu sysdeps/unix/common sysdeps/unix/mman sysdeps/unix/inet nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/x86_64 nptl/sysdeps/unix sysdeps/unix sysdeps/posix sysdeps/x86_64/fpu nptl/sysdeps/x86_64 sysdeps/x86_64 sysdeps/wordsize-64 sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 sysdeps/ieee754 sysdeps/generic/elf sysdeps/generic

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /bin/ginstall -c

checking whether ln -s works... yes

checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

-gcc -m64

checking for suffix of object files... configure: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile

See `config.log' for more details.

configure: WARNING: Cache variable ac_cv_env_CC_value contains a newline.

configure: WARNING: Cache variable ac_cv_prog_CC contains a newline.

The contents of config.log:

Code:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while

running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.



It was created by GNU C Library configure (see version.h), which was

generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61.  Invocation command line was



  $ ../glibc-2.7/configure --prefix=/tools --host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --build=i486-cross-linux-gnu --disable-profile --enable-add-ons --with-tls --enable-kernel=2.6.0 --with-__thread --with-binutils=/cross-tools/bin --with-headers=/tools/include --cache-file=config.cache



## --------- ##

## Platform. ##

## --------- ##



hostname = armageddontower

uname -m = i686

uname -r = 2.6.27.21-smp

uname -s = Linux

uname -v = #1 SMP Sat Apr 4 02:32:24 PDT 2009



/usr/bin/uname -p = AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+

/bin/uname -X    = unknown



/bin/arch              = i686

/usr/bin/arch -k      = unknown

/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown

/usr/bin/hostinfo      = unknown

/bin/machine          = unknown

/usr/bin/oslevel      = unknown

/bin/universe          = unknown



PATH: /cross-tools/bin

PATH: /bin

PATH: /usr/bin





## ----------- ##

## Core tests. ##

## ----------- ##



configure:1751: loading cache config.cache

configure:2181: checking build system type

configure:2199: result: i486-cross-linux-gnu

configure:2221: checking host system type

configure:2236: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

configure:2416: running configure fragment for add-on nptl

configure:2549: checking sysdep dirs

configure:2787: result: sysdeps/generic/elf sysdeps/generic

configure:2865: checking for a BSD-compatible install

configure:2921: result: /bin/ginstall -c

configure:2936: checking whether ln -s works

configure:2940: result: yes

configure:2956: checking for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc

configure:2983: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

-gcc -m64

configure:3261: checking for C compiler version

configure:3268: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

-gcc -m64 --version >&5

../glibc-2.7/configure: line 3269: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu: command not found

configure:3271: $? = 127

configure:3278: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

-gcc -m64 -v >&5

../glibc-2.7/configure: line 3279: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu: command not found

configure:3281: $? = 127

configure:3288: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

-gcc -m64 -V >&5

../glibc-2.7/configure: line 3289: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu: command not found

configure:3291: $? = 127

configure:3295: checking for suffix of object files

configure:3321: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

-gcc -m64 -c  conftest.c >&5

../glibc-2.7/configure: line 3322: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu: command not found

configure:3324: $? = 127

configure: failed program was:

| /* confdefs.h.  */

| #define PACKAGE_NAME "GNU C Library"

| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "c-library"

| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "(see version.h)"

| #define PACKAGE_STRING "GNU C Library (see version.h)"

| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "glibc"

| /* end confdefs.h.  */

|

| int

| main ()

| {

|

|  ;

|  return 0;

| }

configure:3339: error: cannot compute suffix of object files: cannot compile

See `config.log' for more details.



## ---------------- ##

## Cache variables. ##

## ---------------- ##



configure:3360: WARNING: Cache variable ac_cv_env_CC_value contains a newline.

configure:3360: WARNING: Cache variable ac_cv_prog_CC contains a newline.

ac_cv_build=i486-cross-linux-gnu

ac_cv_env_CCC_set=

ac_cv_env_CCC_value=

ac_cv_env_CC_set=set

ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=

ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=

ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=

ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=

ac_cv_env_CPP_set=

ac_cv_env_CPP_value=

ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_set=

ac_cv_env_CXXFLAGS_value=

ac_cv_env_CXX_set=

ac_cv_env_CXX_value=

ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=

ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=

ac_cv_env_LIBS_set=

ac_cv_env_LIBS_value=

ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=set

ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=i486-cross-linux-gnu

ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=set

ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=

ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=

ac_cv_host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

ac_cv_path_install='/bin/ginstall -c'

libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes

libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes



## ----------------- ##

## Output variables. ##

## ----------------- ##



-ar'

-gcc -m64'

-ranlib'

AR='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

AS=''

ASFLAGS_config=''

AUTOCONF=''

AWK=''

BASH_SHELL=''

BISON=''

BUILD_CC='gcc'

CC='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

CFLAGS=''

CPP=''

CPPFLAGS=''

CXX=''

CXXFLAGS=''

CXX_SYSINCLUDES=''

DEFINES=''

DEFS=''

ECHO_C=''

ECHO_N='-n'

ECHO_T=''

EGREP=''

GREP=''

INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'

INSTALL_INFO=''

INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}'

INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'

KSH=''

LD=''

LDFLAGS=''

LIBGD=''

LIBOBJS=''

LIBS=''

LN_S='ln -s'

LTLIBOBJS=''

MAKE=''

MAKEINFO=''

MIG=''

MSGFMT=''

OBJDUMP=''

OBJEXT=''

PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='glibc'

PACKAGE_NAME='GNU C Library'

PACKAGE_STRING='GNU C Library (see version.h)'

PACKAGE_TARNAME='c-library'

PACKAGE_VERSION='(see version.h)'

PATH_SEPARATOR=':'

PERL=''

PWD_P=''

RANLIB='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu

RELEASE=''

SED=''

SHELL='/bin/sh'

SYSINCLUDES=''

VERSION=''

VERSIONING=''

ac_ct_CC=''

ac_ct_CXX=''

add_on_subdirs=''

add_ons='nptl'

all_warnings=''

base_machine='x86_64'

bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'

bindnow='no'

bounded='no'

build='i486-cross-linux-gnu'

build_alias='i486-cross-linux-gnu'

build_cpu='i486'

build_os='linux-gnu'

build_vendor='cross'

cross_compiling='yes'

datadir='${datarootdir}'

datarootdir='${prefix}/share'

docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}'

dvidir='${docdir}'

elf='yes'

enable_check_abi='no'

exceptions=''

exec_prefix='NONE'

fno_unit_at_a_time=''

force_install='yes'

have_libaudit=''

have_libcap=''

have_selinux=''

host='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'

host_alias='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'

host_cpu='x86_64'

host_os='linux-gnu'

host_vendor='unknown'

htmldir='${docdir}'

includedir='${prefix}/include'

infodir='${datarootdir}/info'

ldd_rewrite_script=''

libc_cv_Bgroup=''

libc_cv_as_needed=''

libc_cv_cc_with_libgcc_eh=''

libc_cv_cc_with_libunwind=''

libc_cv_forced_unwind='yes'

libc_cv_fpie=''

libc_cv_gcc_static_libgcc=''

libc_cv_gcc_unwind_find_fde=''

libc_cv_gnu89_inline=''

libc_cv_hashstyle=''

libc_cv_have_bash2=''

libc_cv_have_initfini=''

libc_cv_have_ksh=''

libc_cv_libgcc_s_suffix=''

libc_cv_localedir=''

libc_cv_rootsbindir=''

libc_cv_slibdir=''

libc_cv_ssp=''

libc_cv_sysconfdir=''

libc_cv_z_combreloc=''

libc_cv_z_execstack=''

libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'

libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'

localedir='${datarootdir}/locale'

localstatedir='${prefix}/var'

mach_interface_list=''

mandir='${datarootdir}/man'

no_whole_archive=''

nopic_initfini=''

old_glibc_headers=''

oldest_abi='default'

oldincludedir='/usr/include'

omitfp='no'

pdfdir='${docdir}'

pic_default=''

prefix='/tools'

profile='no'

program_transform_name='s,x,x,'

psdir='${docdir}'

sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'

shared='default'

sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'

sizeof_long_double=''

static='yes'

static_nss='no'

subdirs=' '

submachine=''

sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'

sysdeps_add_ons=' nptl'

sysnames=' sysdeps/x86_64/elf nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64 sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/wordsize-64 nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux nptl/sysdeps/pthread sysdeps/pthread sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux sysdeps/gnu sysdeps/unix/common sysdeps/unix/mman sysdeps/unix/inet nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/sysv sysdeps/unix/x86_64 nptl/sysdeps/unix sysdeps/unix sysdeps/posix sysdeps/x86_64/fpu nptl/sysdeps/x86_64 sysdeps/x86_64 sysdeps/wordsize-64 sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-96 sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64 sysdeps/ieee754/flt-32 sysdeps/ieee754 sysdeps/generic/elf sysdeps/generic'

target_alias=''

uname_release=''

uname_sysname=''

uname_version=''

use_ldconfig=''

with_cvs='yes'

with_fp='yes'

xcoff='no'



## ----------- ##

## confdefs.h. ##

## ----------- ##



#define PACKAGE_NAME "GNU C Library"

#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "c-library"

#define PACKAGE_VERSION "(see version.h)"

#define PACKAGE_STRING "GNU C Library (see version.h)"

#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "glibc"



configure: exit 1

I have not deviated from the instructions presented in the book, including the application of patches and building in an external directory.

The host system is a full Slackware 12.2 install, and all of the dependencies presented at the beginning of the book are met.

To me, it seems like the static gcc from the previous step was not installed properly, but I also followed that step to the 't' without error.

How could I remedy this?