C compiler cannot create executables

[Ryan Schmidt]

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On Sep 26, 2008, at 03:42, Otto Roberson Bertsch wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> It sounds like you may have a directory in /usr/local whose name  
>> begins with "include" and then a space, e.g. "include 1". It may  
>> be similar to this FAQ entry:
>>
>> http://trac.macports.org/wiki/ 
>> ProblemHotlist#Aportfailedtobuildwithamessagereferringto1lib:Nosuchfi 
>> leordirectory
>>
>> You should remove any such directory.
>>
>> Also note it's not supported to have things in /usr/local/ 
>> {bin,include,lib,...} while using MacPorts.
>
> Actually it's worse than that -
>
> I just looked and usr/local is not a directory. Instead I have a 13  
> Mb plain text file named local!

That's pretty strange! :) I would remove that file then, assuming its  
contents is nothing you need.

> Sounds like I need to uninstall & reinstall MacPorts??

Since you haven't even gotten through the MacPorts configure script,  
nothing has been installed yet. Just run configure again with the  
options you want (usually at least --enable-readline), make, and then  
sudo make install.

> This was a fresh install and I haven't touched anything in /usr  
> (other than installing webmin which was after this problem).