From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29339 invoked by alias); 21 Nov 2001 16:07:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 29209 invoked from network); 21 Nov 2001 16:07:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO wh2-19.st.uni-magdeburg.de) (141.44.162.19) by sourceware.cygnus.com with SMTP; 21 Nov 2001 16:07:18 -0000 Received: by wh2-19.st.uni-magdeburg.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0111F9F73; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:08:41 +0100 (CET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15355.53641.775726.435784@wh2-19.st.uni-magdeburg.de> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 01:45:00 -0000 From: Claudio Bley To: kabir.patel@uk.andersen.com Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Another question: Configuration options In-Reply-To: <80256B0B.005409A9.00@lonhm0003.arthurandersen.com> References: <80256B0B.005409A9.00@lonhm0003.arthurandersen.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.96 under Emacs 21.1.1 X-SW-Source: 2001-11/txt/msg00102.txt.bz2 >>>>> "kabir" == kabir patel writes: kabir> When I just type in ./configure without specifying any kabir> additional options it come back with an error message like kabir> the following: kabir> *** The command ' -o conftest conftest.c' failed. *** You kabir> must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler. kabir> Could somebody tell me how to resolve this? kabir> Thanks kabir> Kabir You need a C compiler in order to compile gcc. Just set the enviroment variable CC to a working compiler. Read the INSTALL file. CC=kcc ./configure as an example in Bash. Claudio