configure error on compile ports

rmgls rmgls at orange.fr
Mon Feb 15 19:06:57 UTC 2021


Hello Rayan,

as often you are completely right,
thanks for giving your experience.

all is fine now.

in fact i forgot to delete Applications/macports/*
so, dbus,  and other  osfts  was  orphan, and not registered.

Thanks again.


> On 15 Feb 2021, at 09:44, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:
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> On Feb 14, 2021, at 12:22, rmgls wrote:
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>> Please can you tell me what to do about this error
>> (elinks but also many other compile)?
>> 
>> 
>> :info:configure checking for gcc... /usr/bin/clang
>> :info:configure checking for C compiler default output file name... 
>> :info:configure configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
>> 
>> some details:
>> osx11.2. new macports (/opt/local entirely deleted first).
>> gcc and clang correctly seated in /usr/bin and running fine.
>> xcode up-to-date, and commandline tools installed!
> 
> Error messages shown in the config.log file should tell you why the compiler cannot create executables. Often, the cause is that you have not updated the command line tools to a version that is compatible with your OS. When in doubt, download the correct command line tools manually and reinstall them.
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