From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24310 invoked by alias); 12 Aug 2014 19:09:14 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 24299 invoked by uid 89); 12 Aug 2014 19:09:13 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_COUK,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: out.ipsmtp2nec.opaltelecom.net Received: from out.ipsmtp2nec.opaltelecom.net (HELO out.ipsmtp2nec.opaltelecom.net) (62.24.202.74) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (CAMELLIA256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:09:12 +0000 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ApUBAKFl6lNPRtx7/2dsb2JhbAANTdYWgVOBSAGBKoR7AQEEOEARCxgJFg8JAwIBAgE3DhMIAQG3I5ZTF49TFoQ2AQSPCqRDgUc X-IPAS-Result: ApUBAKFl6lNPRtx7/2dsb2JhbAANTdYWgVOBSAGBKoR7AQEEOEARCxgJFg8JAwIBAgE3DhMIAQG3I5ZTF49TFoQ2AQSPCqRDgUc Received: from 79-70-220-123.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com (HELO [127.0.0.1]) ([79.70.220.123]) by out.ipsmtp2nec.opaltelecom.net with ESMTP; 12 Aug 2014 20:09:09 +0100 Message-ID: <53EA6652.6090208@tiscali.co.uk> Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 19:09:00 -0000 From: David Stacey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Configure error while installing musrfit ('C compiler cannot create executables') References: <53E9B70A.6030006@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <53E9B70A.6030006@gmx.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-08/txt/msg00238.txt.bz2 On 12/08/2014 07:41, Philipp wrote: > When it comes to > > ./configure --prefix=$ROOTSYS > > however, I get following error message: > > configure:3985: error: C compiler cannot create executables > See `config.log' for more details This is a complete shot in the dark, but are you perchance using Norton Anti-Virus? I came across a similar problem configuring xmlstarlet a couple of days ago. When it came to the configure line 'checking whether we are cross compiling...' Norton blocked 'conftest.exe' claiming it contained a trojan, and the configure exited in a similar fashion to what you described. I managed to dodge the problem with an autoreconf; if that doesn't work, try disabling your anti-virus just while './configure' is running. Dave. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple