[ECOS] ECOS build/config problems under Sparc Solaris 2.5.1

[ECOS] ECOS build/config problems under Sparc Solaris 2.5.1

[Mike MacMillan]

Hello,

I am having build/config problems of ECOS host tools on solaris 2.5.1.

I am running top-level configure script to supposedly build ecosconfig 
command line tool.
The following output is displayed:

checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1
checking for a BSD compatible install...
/export/home/mjm1431/ecos/ecos-1.3.1/to
ols/src/install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles...
no
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for Cygwin environment... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
cannot creat
e executables.

Has anyone tried to do this on a solaris machine?
Any suggestions are welcome!

Thanks

Thank you!

Re: [ECOS] ECOS build/config problems under Sparc Solaris 2.5.1

[Bart Veer]

>>>>> "Mike" == Mike MacMillan <mmacmillan@draper.com> writes:

    Mike> Hello,
    Mike> I am having build/config problems of ECOS host tools on solaris 2.5.1.

    Mike> I am running top-level configure script to supposedly build ecosconfig 
    Mike> command line tool.
    Mike> The following output is displayed:

    Mike> checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1
    Mike> checking for a BSD compatible install...
    Mike> /export/home/mjm1431/ecos/ecos-1.3.1/to
    Mike> ols/src/install-sh -c
    Mike> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
    Mike> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
    Mike> checking for working aclocal... missing
    Mike> checking for working autoconf... missing
    Mike> checking for working automake... missing
    Mike> checking for working autoheader... missing
    Mike> checking for working makeinfo... found
    Mike> checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles...
    Mike> no
    Mike> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
    Mike> checking for Cygwin environment... no
    Mike> checking for gcc... gcc
    Mike> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
    Mike> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
    Mike> cannot creat
    Mike> e executables.

    Mike> Has anyone tried to do this on a solaris machine?

There was some discussion of Solaris builds just yesterday, see the
archives at http://sources.redhat.com/ml/ecos-discuss/

    Mike> Any suggestions are welcome!

The message indicates that you do not have a working gcc installation.
At this stage in the configure script it will generate the following
file conftest.c:

  #line 1044 "configure"
  #include "confdefs.h"

  main(){return(0);}

where confdefs.h is probably an empty file, and try to compile and run
it using something like:

  gcc -o conftest conftest.c
  conftest

Somewhere along the way this fails, so as far as the configure script
is concerned you do not have a working gcc installation. Something
like the 2.95.2 release should be fine, see http://gcc.gnu.org/ for
details.

Bart