Hello,

i have a problem when installing apache, i get the following error configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

At first there was no C-compiler installed on my redhat 9
So I installed the following packages

binutils-2.15-1.i386.rpm
libgcc-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
cpp-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm
gcc-3.3.3-1.i386.rpm

all succeeded

what's going wrong here?
thx in advance


below is the config.log


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

It was created by configure, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59. Invocation command line was

$ ./configure --prefix=/etc/httpd

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = dialout
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.4.20-8
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 Thu Mar 13 17:54:28 EST 2003

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown

/bin/arch = i686
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown

PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /usr/X11R6/bin
PATH: /root/bin


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1656: checking for chosen layout
configure:1658: result: Apache
configure:2454: checking for working mkdir -p
configure:2470: result: yes
configure:2487: checking build system type
configure:2505: result: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
configure:2513: checking host system type
configure:2527: result: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
configure:2535: checking target system type
configure:2549: result: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
configure:2593: checking for APR
configure:2675: result: reconfig

## ---------------- ##
## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##

ac_cv_build=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
ac_cv_build_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
ac_cv_env_CC_set=
ac_cv_env_CC_value=
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_LDFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
ac_cv_host=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
ac_cv_host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
ac_cv_mkdir_p=yes
ac_cv_target=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
ac_cv_target_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1

## ----------------- ##
## Output variables. ##
## ----------------- ##

APACHECTL_ULIMIT=''
APR_BINDIR=''
APR_CONFIG=''
APR_INCLUDEDIR=''
APR_VERSION=''
APU_BINDIR=''
APU_CONFIG=''
APU_INCLUDEDIR=''
APU_VERSION=''
AP_BUILD_SRCLIB_DIRS=''
AP_CLEAN_SRCLIB_DIRS=''
AP_LIBS=''
AWK=''
BUILTIN_LIBS=''
CC=''
CFLAGS=''
CORE_IMPLIB=''
CORE_IMPLIB_FILE=''
CPP=''
CPPFLAGS=''
CXX=''
CXXFLAGS=''
DEFS=''
DSO_MODULES=''
ECHO_C=''
ECHO_N='-n'
ECHO_T=''
EGREP=''
EXEEXT=''
EXTRA_CFLAGS=''
EXTRA_CPPFLAGS=''
EXTRA_CXXFLAGS=''
EXTRA_INCLUDES=''
EXTRA_LDFLAGS=''
EXTRA_LIBS=''
HTTPD_LDFLAGS=''
HTTPD_VERSION=''
INCLUDES=''
INSTALL=''
INSTALL_DSO=''
INSTALL_PROG_FLAGS=''
LDFLAGS=''
LIBOBJS=''
LIBS=''
LIBTOOL=''
LN_S=''
LTCFLAGS=''
LTFLAGS=''
LTLIBOBJS=''
LT_LDFLAGS=''
LYNX_PATH=''
MKDEP=''
MKINSTALLDIRS=''
MK_IMPLIB=''
MODULE_CLEANDIRS=''
MODULE_DIRS=''
MOD_ACTIONS_LDADD=''
MOD_ALIAS_LDADD=''
MOD_ASIS_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHNZ_LDAP_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_ALIAS_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_ANON_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_DBD_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_DBM_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_DEFAULT_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHN_FILE_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_DBM_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_DEFAULT_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_GROUPFILE_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_HOST_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_OWNER_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTHZ_USER_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTH_BASIC_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTH_DIGEST_LDADD=''
MOD_AUTOINDEX_LDADD=''
MOD_BUCKETEER_LDADD=''
MOD_CACHE_LDADD=''
MOD_CASE_FILTER_IN_LDADD=''
MOD_CASE_FILTER_LDADD=''
MOD_CERN_META_LDADD=''
MOD_CGID_LDADD=''
MOD_CGI_LDADD=''
MOD_CHARSET_LITE_LDADD=''
MOD_DAV_FS_LDADD=''
MOD_DAV_LDADD=''
MOD_DAV_LOCK_LDADD=''
MOD_DBD_LDADD=''
MOD_DEFLATE_LDADD=''
MOD_DIR_LDADD=''
MOD_DISK_CACHE_LDADD=''
MOD_DUMPIO_LDADD=''
MOD_ECHO_LDADD=''
MOD_ENV_LDADD=''
MOD_EXAMPLE_LDADD=''
MOD_EXPIRES_LDADD=''
MOD_EXT_FILTER_LDADD=''
MOD_FILE_CACHE_LDADD=''
MOD_FILTER_LDADD=''
MOD_HEADERS_LDADD=''
MOD_HTTP_LDADD=''
MOD_IDENT_LDADD=''
MOD_IMAGEMAP_LDADD=''
MOD_INCLUDE_LDADD=''
MOD_INFO_LDADD=''
MOD_ISAPI_LDADD=''
MOD_LDAP_LDADD=''
MOD_LOGIO_LDADD=''
MOD_LOG_CONFIG_LDADD=''
MOD_LOG_FORENSIC_LDADD=''
MOD_MEM_CACHE_LDADD=''
MOD_MIME_LDADD=''
MOD_MIME_MAGIC_LDADD=''
MOD_NEGOTIATION_LDADD=''
MOD_OPTIONAL_FN_EXPORT_LDADD=''
MOD_OPTIONAL_FN_IMPORT_LDADD=''
MOD_OPTIONAL_HOOK_EXPORT_LDADD=''
MOD_OPTIONAL_HOOK_IMPORT_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_AJP_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_BALANCER_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_CONNECT_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_FTP_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_HTTP_LDADD=''
MOD_PROXY_LDADD=''
MOD_REWRITE_LDADD=''
MOD_SETENVIF_LDADD=''
MOD_SO_LDADD=''
MOD_SPELING_LDADD=''
MOD_SSL_LDADD=''
MOD_STATUS_LDADD=''
MOD_SUEXEC_LDADD=''
MOD_UNIQUE_ID_LDADD=''
MOD_USERDIR_LDADD=''
MOD_USERTRACK_LDADD=''
MOD_VERSION_LDADD=''
MOD_VHOST_ALIAS_LDADD=''
MPM_LIB=''
MPM_NAME=''
MPM_SUBDIR_NAME=''
NOTEST_CFLAGS=''
NOTEST_CPPFLAGS=''
NOTEST_CXXFLAGS=''
NOTEST_LDFLAGS=''
NOTEST_LIBS=''
OBJEXT=''
OS=''
OS_DIR=''
OS_SPECIFIC_VARS=''
PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
PACKAGE_NAME=''
PACKAGE_STRING=''
PACKAGE_TARNAME=''
PACKAGE_VERSION=''
PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
PCRE_CONFIG=''
PICFLAGS=''
PILDFLAGS=''
PKGCONFIG=''
PORT=''
POST_SHARED_CMDS=''
PRE_SHARED_CMDS=''
RANLIB=''
RM=''
RSYNC=''
SHELL='/bin/sh'
SHLIBPATH_VAR=''
SHLTCFLAGS=''
SH_LDFLAGS=''
SH_LIBS=''
SH_LIBTOOL=''
SSL_LIBS=''
UTIL_LDFLAGS=''
ab_LTFLAGS=''
abs_srcdir=''
ac_ct_CC=''
ac_ct_RANLIB=''
ap_make_delimiter=''
ap_make_include=''
bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
build='i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1'
build_alias=''
build_cpu='i686'
build_os='linux-gnulibc1'
build_vendor='pc'
cgidir='${datadir}/cgi-bin'
checkgid_LTFLAGS=''
datadir='${prefix}'
errordir='${datadir}/error'
exec_prefix='${prefix}'
exp_bindir='/etc/httpd/bin'
exp_cgidir='/etc/httpd/cgi-bin'
exp_datadir='/etc/httpd'
exp_errordir='/etc/httpd/error'
exp_exec_prefix='/etc/httpd'
exp_htdocsdir='/etc/httpd/htdocs'
exp_iconsdir='/etc/httpd/icons'
exp_includedir='/etc/httpd/include'
exp_installbuilddir='/etc/httpd/build'
exp_libdir='/etc/httpd/lib'
exp_libexecdir='/etc/httpd/modules'
exp_localstatedir='/etc/httpd'
exp_logfiledir='/etc/httpd/logs'
exp_mandir='/etc/httpd/man'
exp_manualdir='/etc/httpd/manual'
exp_proxycachedir='/etc/httpd/proxy'
exp_runtimedir='/etc/httpd/logs'
exp_sbindir='/etc/httpd/bin'
exp_sysconfdir='/etc/httpd/conf'
host='i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1'
host_alias=''
host_cpu='i686'
host_os='linux-gnulibc1'
host_vendor='pc'
htdbm_LTFLAGS=''
htdigest_LTFLAGS=''
htdocsdir='${datadir}/htdocs'
htpasswd_LTFLAGS=''
iconsdir='${datadir}/icons'
includedir='${prefix}/include'
infodir='${prefix}/info'
installbuilddir='${datadir}/build'
libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/modules'
localstatedir='${prefix}'
logfiledir='${localstatedir}/logs'
logresolve_LTFLAGS=''
mandir='${prefix}/man'
manualdir='${datadir}/manual'
nonssl_listen_stmt_1=''
nonssl_listen_stmt_2=''
oldincludedir='/usr/include'
other_targets=''
perlbin=''
prefix='/etc/httpd'
progname=''
program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
proxycachedir='${localstatedir}/proxy'
rel_bindir='bin'
rel_cgidir='cgi-bin'
rel_datadir=''
rel_errordir='error'
rel_exec_prefix=''
rel_htdocsdir='htdocs'
rel_iconsdir='icons'
rel_includedir='include'
rel_installbuilddir='build'
rel_libdir='lib'
rel_libexecdir='modules'
rel_localstatedir=''
rel_logfiledir='logs'
rel_mandir='man'
rel_manualdir='manual'
rel_proxycachedir='proxy'
rel_runtimedir='logs'
rel_sbindir='bin'
rel_sysconfdir='conf'
rotatelogs_LTFLAGS=''
runtimedir='${localstatedir}/logs'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
shared_build=''
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
sysconfdir='${prefix}/conf'
target='i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1'
target_alias=''
target_cpu='i686'
target_os='linux-gnulibc1'
target_vendor='pc'

configure: exit 1

What do you get if you just ionvoke gcc from the command-line?

gcc -v


Cheers,
Tink

thx,

I get this from the command line

[root@dialout root]# gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.3.3/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --with-slibdir=/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,java,objc --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-c99 --enable-nls --enable-long-long --enable-multilib --with-gnu-as --with-gnu-ld --with-system-zlib --without-x i386-redhat-linux
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3.3
[root@dialout root]#

Excellent - so we know the install went well

Now check whether you have any CPPFLAGS defined before
configure runs.
env | grep FLAG


Cheers,
Tink

thx already
will do that on monday at work

cheers

Redsnapper

hello,

when i do the following command "env | grep FLAG" from the cli, i get nothing.
is this a good or a bad thing? pretty new in the linux world..

thx

I also have this

[root@dialout httpd-2.2.2]# ./configure
checking for chosen layout... Apache
checking for working mkdir -p... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1

Configuring Apache Portable Runtime library ...

checking for APR... reconfig
configuring package in srclib/apr now
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
Configuring APR library
Platform: i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking for working mkdir -p... yes
APR Version: 1.2.7
checking for chosen layout... apr
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
configure failed for srclib/apr

Maybe http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=27486 helps?

One thing I noticed lately is that if a build-script assumes a
newer version of gcc it will configure will fail with the same
warning ... specifically what I had happened was failing when
using the mtune=pentium4 flag. Replaced mtune with mcpu and
all went well.

Cheers,
Tink

I have entered the following command

usr/bin/perl -V

I don't have MTUNE , i have mcpu

is there something else that i can try?

thnx in advance

[root@dialout root]# /usr/bin/perl -V
Summary of my perl5 (revision 5.0 version 8 subversion 0) configuration:
Platform:
osname=linux, osvers=2.4.20-2.48smp, archname=i386-linux-thread-multi
uname='linux str'
config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -g -Dmyhostname=loca lhost -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red Hat, Inc. -Dinstallprefix= /usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr - Dotherlibdirs=/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duse largefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_s yslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio -Dinstallusrbinperl -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononl y -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -isr'
hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define
usethreads=define use5005threads=undef'
useithreads=define usemultiplicity=
useperlio= d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef
use64bitint=undef use64bitall=un uselongdouble=
usemymalloc=, bincompat5005=undef
Compiler:
cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGI NG -fno-strict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_ BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm',
optimize='',
cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DTHREADS_HAVE_PIDS -DDEBUGGING -fno-st rict-aliasing -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm'
ccversion='', gccversion='3.2.2 20030213 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2.2-1)', gccos andvers=''
gccversion='3.2.2 200302'
intsize=e, longsize= , ptrsize=p, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234
d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12
ivtype='long'
k', ivsize=4'
ivtype='long'
known_ext, nvtype='double'
o_nonbl', nvsize=, Off_t='', lseeksize=8
alignbytes=4, prototype=define
Linker and Libraries:
ld='gcc'
l', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib'
ldf'
libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib
libs=-lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lpthread -lc -lcrypt -lutil
perllibs=
libc=/lib/libc-2.3.1.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libper
gnulibc_version='2.3.1'
Dynamic Linking:
dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so', d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rp ath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE'
cccdlflags='-fPIC'
ccdlflags='-rdynamic -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5', lddlflags='s Unicode/Normalize XS/A'


Characteristics of this binary (from libperl):
Compile-time options: DEBUGGING MULTIPLICITY USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES PERL _IMPLICIT_CONTEXT
Locally applied patches:
MAINT18379
Built under linux
Compiled at Feb 18 2003 22:19:53
%ENV:
PERL5LIB="/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi:/usr/lib/pe rl5/site_perl/5.8.0"
@INC:
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0

What are you trying to compile?


Cheers,
Tink

trying to do an upgrade from apache to the most recent version