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Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20051006121509.0397c5a8@pop.prospeed.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:16:58 -0400
To: Joost Kraaijeveld <J DOT Kraaijeveld AT Askesis DOT nl>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Using cygwin with W2K in VMWare on Debian    	2.6.8-11-amd64-k8-smp?
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At 11:03 AM 10/6/2005, you wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 10:15 -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> Look at the error in config.log.
>
>I have looked and is says:
>
>This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
>running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
>
>configure:1183: checking host system type
>configure:1204: checking target system type
>configure:1222: checking build system type
>configure:1329: checking for gcc
>configure:1442: checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works
>configure:1458: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  1>&5
>/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld:
>installation problem, cannot exec
>'/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/3.4.4/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld':
>Invalid argument
>collect2: ld returned 255 exit status
>configure: failed program was:
>
>#line 1453 "configure"
>#include "confdefs.h"
>
>main(){return(0);}


Sounds like a reinstallation of "binutils", at least, is in order.  While
you're at it, reinstall gcc bits too.


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