Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20001002102152.01baf178@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 10:24:02 -0400 To: matighet , cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: autoconf configure problems In-Reply-To: <39D88FC4.8749FFD0@bbn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 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 AT rfk DOT 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 AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com