I execute ./configure on my x86_64 based system and get the following (for
loads of software packages):
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
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.
Config.log contains the following:
## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##
hostname = novak.ethosuk.org.uk
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 2.6.24.4-64.fc8
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP Sat Mar 29 09:15:49 EDT 2008
/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown
/bin/arch = x86_64
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown
PATH: /usr/kerberos/bin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /usr/X11R6/bin
PATH: /home/scott/bin
and then
Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
(not sure why, where will it get this from?)
and then
configure:2966: gcc -V >&5
gcc: '-V' option must have argument
configure:2969: $? = 1
configure:2992: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:3019: gcc conftest.c >&5
/tmp/ccDcjJHu.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccDcjJHu.s:6: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `push'
configure:3022: $? = 1
configure:3060: result:
configure: failed program was:
I'm guessing the Target is the issue, but I'm not entirely sure as I don't
often do the compiling thing...this is a box that was "upgraded" from i386
to x86_64 - have I missed something somewhere?
Regards,
Scott
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