Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 22:11:03 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C compiler can't creat executables Message-ID: <20030523031103.GB60226@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20030522212437.A35902@skytrackercanada.com> References: <20030522212437.A35902@skytrackercanada.com>
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In the last episode (May 22), David Banning said: > I recently deleted a number of packages in /var/db/pkg I -thought- I didn't > need. On installing linux_base now I get the following error; > checking for working makeinfo... found > checking for gcc... cc > checking whether the C compiler (cc -O -pipe ) works... no > configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables. > ===> Script "configure" failed unexpectedly. > Please report the problem to nakai@FreeBSD.org [maintainer] and attach > the "/usr/ports/archivers/rpm/work/rpm-3.0.6/config.log" including the > output of the failure of your make command. Also, it might be a good > idea to provide an overview of all packages installed on your system > (e.g. an `ls /var/db/pkg`). > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/archivers/rpm. > *** Error code 1 > > Stop in /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base. > > I tried to compile a simple program which worked fine. How would > I go about tracking this problem down? Take a look at "/usr/ports/archivers/rpm/work/rpm-3.0.6/config.log" and see why cc is failing. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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