New to LFS

User Name. · 01-15-2007, 04:36 PM

So I am going to build my own LFS system. I get everyting ready, and
am currently right here. I start compiling my first pakage, and I get an erorr:

Code:

[05:31:10][dv5000t>/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build]$ ../binutils-2.16.1/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls
creating 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.

Will probally have other problems later.

raskin · 01-15-2007, 05:29 PM

Ubuntu? "C compiler cannot create executables."? This forum has search...
sudo apt-get install build-essentials

User Name. · 01-15-2007, 06:50 PM

I have build-essentials installed i'm pretty sure. All the programs I install I ./configure make make install them.

Code:

[07:48:27][dv5000t>/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build]$ sudo apt-get install build-essentials
[07:48:30][dv5000t>/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build]$ ../binutils-2.16.1/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.
[07:48:55][dv5000t>/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build]$

Why wouldn't gcc work? I have used gcc before when I program in C.

raskin · 01-15-2007, 07:13 PM

Well, what is in config.log?

User Name. · 01-15-2007, 07:30 PM

Code:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

configure:595: checking host system type
configure:616: checking target system type
configure:634: checking build system type
configure:689: checking for a BSD compatible install
configure:742: checking whether ln works
configure:766: checking whether ln -s works
configure:1809: checking for gcc
configure:1922: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works
configure:1938: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
collect2: cannot find 'ld'
configure: failed program was:

#line 1933 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"

main(){return(0);}

cuco76 · 01-16-2007, 03:28 PM

Did you run the host system requirements script from the prologue? This is from stable 6.2. It provides all the host system requirements.

Code:

cat > version-check.sh << "EOF"
#!/bin/bash

# Simple script to list version numbers of critical development tools

bash --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f2-4
echo -n "Binutils: "; ld --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f3-4
bzip2 --version 2>&1 < /dev/null | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1,6-
echo -n "Coreutils: "; chown --version | head -n1 | cut -d")" -f2
diff --version | head -n1
find --version | head -n1
gawk --version | head -n1
gcc --version | head -n1
/lib/libc.so.6 | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1-7
grep --version | head -n1
gzip --version | head -n1
cat /proc/version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1-3,5-7
make --version | head -n1
patch --version | head -n1
sed --version | head -n1
tar --version | head -n1

EOF

bash version-check.sh

Good Luck

User Name. · 01-16-2007, 03:43 PM

Code:

system.sh: line 11: gawk: command not found

I guess I'll have to install gawk. I checked man gawk too, that didn't work.

Daws · 01-16-2007, 05:17 PM

I have a similar problem on Debian. If I install gawk and purge mawk the problem seems to go away.

cuco76 · 01-17-2007, 10:50 AM

Cool, let us know the outcome! This is good information to have in this forum!

User Name. · 01-18-2007, 02:28 PM

Ahh same problem, even though I just sucessfully installed gawk 3.0.2, and checked man gawk, and it worked fine.

I have everything else up to date:

Code:

bash, version 3.1.17(1)-release
Binutils: version 2.16.91
bzip2,  Version 1.0.3, 15-Feb-2005.
Coreutils:  5.93
diff (GNU diffutils) 2.8.1
GNU find version 4.2.27
GNU Awk 3.0.3
gcc (GCC) 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)
GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6,
grep (GNU grep) 2.5.1
gzip 1.3.5
Linux version 2.6.15-26-386 (gcc version 4.0.3
GNU Make 3.81beta4
patch 2.5.9
GNU sed version 4.1.4
tar (GNU tar) 1.15.1

Well, doesn't seem like anything is wrong.

Daws · 01-18-2007, 03:35 PM

Quote:

collect2: cannot find 'ld'

Hmm didn't see that. That is a bit worrying. OK first find out where your ld is.

Code:

which ld

Then I suppose you could try

Code:

LD=/usr/bin/ld ./configure --blah-1 ...

Replace /usr/bin/ld with whereever yours is. Might work I suppose...

User Name. · 01-18-2007, 06:49 PM

Code:

[07:47:44][dv5000t>/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build]$ LD=/usr/bin/ld ../binutils-2.16.1/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.

mine was /usr/bin/ld here is the output:

Code:

[07:47:04][dv5000t>~]$ which ld
/usr/bin/ld

hmm...

Thanks so far.

Daws · 01-18-2007, 07:53 PM

Found something, some guy exactly the same problem. Try putting a copy of ld (renamed as real-ld) in the first directory given by:

Code:

gcc -print-search-dirs

Kind of a long shot .. but hey

User Name. · 01-19-2007, 08:01 PM

Code:

[08:58:28][dv5000t>/usr/bin]$ gcc -print-search-dirs
install: /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/
programs: =/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/:/usr/libexec/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/libexec/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../i486-linux-gnu/bin/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../i486-linux-gnu/bin/
libraries: =/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../i486-linux-gnu/lib/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../../i486-linux-gnu/lib/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/../../../:/lib/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/lib/:/usr/lib/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/:/usr/lib/

So I:

Code:

[08:58:49][dv5000t>/usr/bin]$ sudo cp ld /usr/lib/gcc/i486-linux-gnu/4.0.3/

And I get:

Code:

[09:00:19][dv5000t>/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build]$ ../binutils-2.16.1/configur                                                                                      
e --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 creat                                                                                      
e executables.

The same as before.

Thanks for your input

raskin · 01-20-2007, 12:12 AM

Brute force: run

Code:

strace -o log ../binutils-2.16.1/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls

and post strace log.