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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:07:24 -0400
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Joan M Friedman <joan DOT friedman AT ericsson DOT com>
CC: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler  cannot create executables
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Check for case-sensitivity problems.  IIRC, expat had some files in it 
that differ only in case; this breaks badly on windows.

--chuck

Joan M Friedman wrote:

> I've been searching the lists for a solution to this problem - I can
> find the problem posted, but not 
> the solution. 
> 
> While trying to run configure for expat in cygwin, the gcc compiler
> check fails. I removed
> my previous cygwin installation (including removing all cygwin and
> cygnus registry keys and searching 
> the file system for 'cyg'), emptied the recycle bin, restarted, and did
> a full clean install of the latest cygwin, 
> but it still happens.  I have the results of configure, gcc -v, and
> cygcheck -s -r -v below.
> 




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