[Magic-dev] C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

[David Fang]

> raju at systemc /usr/local/src/magic-7.2.70
> $ ./configure --without-tcl
> checking build system type... i686-pc-cygwin
> checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
> checking target system type... i686-pc-cygwin
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler
> cannot cr
> eate executables
> See `config.log' for more details.

Hi,

Can you show us the excerpt of config.log that describes the failure?  The
only time I've seen this error message is when permissions were set
incorrectly on gcc executables, either in .../bin or .../libexec.  Also
check the permissions of the directory where you are running the configure
script -- you need write permissions, of course, to produce object files
'here'.

> My setup details after installing cygwin is enclosed in a text file.
> Please help me how do I solve this problem, I dont know how to test the C
> compiler working.


David Fang
Computer Systems Laboratory
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Cornell University
http://www.csl.cornell.edu/~fang/ -- *gag* work in progress