Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <39D9DA9C.B3D2E340@bbn.com> Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 09:09:48 -0400 From: matighet X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" CC: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: autoconf configure problems References: <4.3.1.2.20001002102152.01baf178@pop.ma.ultranet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks for your help. I went ahead and reinstalled a vanilla cygwin version, with which mutt compiled just fine. I apparently had some GNUC libraries missing. Michael "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote: > > At 09:38 AM 10/2/2000, matighet wrote: > >when trying to build multiplte programs that are supposed to build OOTS > >(mutt, ncurses 5.0), I always > >get the following error-trace when running configure: > > > >loading cache ./config.cache > >Configuring NCURSES 5.0 ABI 5 (Mon Oct 2 09:35:50 2000) > >checking host system type... Invalid configuration `2': machine `2' not > >recognized > > I think this is your real problem. Check your environment settings or > send the output of cygcheck -s -v -r. > > >checking for prefix... /usr/local > >checking for gcc... gcc > >checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no > >configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler > >cannot create executables. > > > > > > > >What does the ERROR "C compiler cannot create executables" means ? > > > >I've installed gcc 2.92.2: > > > >gcc -v: > >Using builtin specs. > >gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release-2) > > > >Is this an environment problem ? > > That's my guess. Your host system type shouldn't be 2... > > >Also: How can I send email directly to the cygwin mailing list ? > > You did! > > >Thanks > >Michael > > Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com > 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com