configure result "checking whether the C compiler works... no"

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Thu Aug 18 18:26:22 PDT 2011


On 2011-8-19 11:11 , Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
> On Aug 18, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Clemens Lang wrote:
> 
>> Hey,
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 03:15:17PM -0700, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
>>> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
>>> See `config.log' for more details
>>
>> Did you have a look? What does it say? What's the source code it tries
>> to compile, and what command does it use to do so?
> 
> I was trying to compile MacPorts trunk/base. Due to hosted services I had to back out the Lion upgrade to get back online.

I think Clemens realised that you were building base; he's asking what
the config.log says about that specific check. But I guess you might not
have it any more.

- Josh


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