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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:14:51 +0100
From: Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com>
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To: nomit kalidhar <nomit_kalidhar AT infy DOT com>
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Subject: Re: gcc instalation
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Do you have a reason for building gcc from source ?
If not just run setup.exe and install the precompiled 
gcc + binutils.

If you insist on building from source you can look
for a file named config.log in the /home/nomit/objdir/libiberty
and see on which test the configure test failed.

nomit kalidhar wrote:
> 
> hello
> 
> I got the following message while configuring for gcc.
> any pointers.
> 
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
> cannot creat
> e executables.
> Configure in /home/nomit/objdir/libiberty failed, exiting.

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