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: <4.3.1.2.20001221132324.02807418@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: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:24:22 -0500 To: "Jean-Luc Vay" , From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables. In-Reply-To: <00f701c06b76$36dc15c0$d1820380@lbl.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 12:48 PM 12/21/2000, Jean-Luc Vay wrote: >checking for gcc... gcc >checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no >configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot >create executables. > >Although I found emails concerning this problem in the mailing list, >I did not find what is wrong with my configuration. The problem occured when >switching >back and forth from the last cygwi-1.6 version to the cygwin-b20 version, >changing the >/bin mount accordingly. Don't do that. Install gcc and binutils again and use 1.1.6. There's no advantage to using B20 of anything... 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? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple