Error running MacPorts

[Richard Connamacher]

Ryan,

Thanks for the advice.

Yep, I have GCC 4.0.1 installed. It's at /usr/bin/gcc and --version  
gives:

powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1 (GCC) 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc.  
build 5367)
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There  
is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR  
PURPOSE.

I did reinstall XCode 1.4.1 (the BSD SDK only) already. It did fix  
one error I was having (it wasn't finding gcc at all before), but  
that was before I sent the previous email and started getting the "C  
compiler can't create executables" message. This current problem's  
got me stumped.

> Have you selfupdated MacPorts to 1.5.2? Have you tried installing  
> other ports? Do they fail with the same error?

port selfupdate gives me the same exact error: C compiler can't  
create executables.


I can only think that something got royally screwed up when I  
restored my Mac from a backup, since it used to work before. Maybe  
some critical libraries used by GCC were corrupted in the process? I  
was planning to hold off until Leopard before I do a full clean  
reinstall of the OS, since it's going to take a long time to get  
everything back in...

Thanks again,
Rich

On Aug 30, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> On Aug 30, 2007, at 16:46, Richard Connamacher wrote:
>
>> I'm having a problem with MacPorts (though for all I know it may  
>> be gcc rather than MacPorts itself). After restoring my system  
>> from a crash, port now can't compile anything.
>>
>> I've reinstalled MacPorts 1.5, and I've reinstalled XCode 2.4.1  
>> (BSD Tools). Still no dice.
>>
>> The error I'm getting is like this:
>>
>> --------------------
>>
>> MacG5:~ root# /opt/local/bin/port install jpeg
>> ---> Configuring jpeg
>> Error: Target org.macports.configure returned: configure failure:  
>> shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/ 
>> _opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_grap 
>> hics_jpeg/work/jpeg-6b" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local -- 
>> enable-shared --enable-static " returned error 1
>> Command output: checking for gcc... gcc
>> checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 -L/opt/local/lib)  
>> works... no
>> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C  
>> compiler cannot create executables.
>>
>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>
> Usually, "C compiler cannot create executables" means you haven't  
> installed the C compiler, as in, you haven't installed gcc.
>
> What do you mean you reinstalled "XCode 2.4.1 (BSD Tools)"? You  
> should have installed the BSD Subsystem from the Mac OS X DVD (it's  
> installed by default when you install Mac OS X), and you should  
> have installed Xcode 2.4.1 which can be downloaded from http:// 
> developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/
>
> What do you get if you type "which gcc"? It should say "/usr/bin/gcc"
>
> What do you get if you type "gcc --version"? It should mention  
> "4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5367)"
>
>> --------------------
>>
>> To get the exact GCC error:
>>
>> MacG5:~ root# gcc -O2 -L/opt/local/lib
>> powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1: no input files
>>
>> --------------------
>
> Well that again makes it look like you have installed gcc 4.0.1  
> somehow. So I don't know why it's not working for you.
>
> Have you selfupdated MacPorts to 1.5.2? Have you tried installing  
> other ports? Do they fail with the same error?