From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 706 invoked by alias); 7 Aug 2014 21:06:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 692 invoked by uid 89); 7 Aug 2014 21:05:59 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtp3-g21.free.fr Received: from smtp3-g21.free.fr (HELO smtp3-g21.free.fr) (212.27.42.3) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 07 Aug 2014 21:05:57 +0000 Received: from darkstar (unknown [82.246.226.4]) by smtp3-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3494AA6214 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2014 23:05:54 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 21:06:00 -0000 From: YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List To: gcc-help Subject: Re: w32api: configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables Message-Id: <20140807230553.c0949d86aab06bdda3e84eab@laposte.net> In-Reply-To: References: <20140807215948.2cf3fc8f03a40eb8c0e1c537@laposte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-08/txt/msg00057.txt.bz2 > > Hello, > > > > I am building a cross compiler (linux 32 bits -> windows 32 bits). > > I have compiled and installed: > > - binutils-2.24.51 > > - gcc-4.9.1 (with mingwrt-4.0.3.1 and w32api-4.0.3.1 headers) > > > > But when I try to configure the w32api library, I got an error: > > $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/i686-pc-mingw32 --build=`./config.guess` --host=i686-pc-mingw32 --disable-nls > > bash: ./config.guess: No such file or directory > > configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-nls > > configure: WARNING: if you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. > > If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used > > checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu > > checking host system type... i686-pc-mingw32 > > checking target system type... i686-pc-mingw32 > > checking for i686-pc-mingw32-gcc... i686-pc-mingw32-gcc > > checking whether the C compiler works... no > > configure: error: in `/tmp/build/w32api-4.0.3-1.mingw32-src': > > configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables > > See `config.log' for more details > > > > As you can see, there is a missing "config.guess" file in the archive. > > Is it supposed to be there? > > > Also, the "--disable-nls" option is not available. > > Then why are you using it? > > > Maybe it can explain why the C compiler is recognize by the configure script as not working. > > > > Do you have any idea why I am unable to compile this w32api please? > > w32api is not part of GCC, maybe you should ask on a mingw list, but > it looks like you're calling its configure wrong and then complaining > that it doesn't work. For the "config.guess" file, yes it was supposed to be there because in w32api-3.17 this file was present. In w32api-4.0.3.1, it is absent. This file is useful to guess my platform: $ ./config.guess i686-pc-linux-gnu So, instead of calling this config.guess script, I can replace it by the "i686-pc-linux-gnu" string. It is just strange that this file is missing. For the "--disable-nls" option it is because I don't need Native Language Support for this compiler. This option was available for w32api-3.17 but seems to be absent from the w32api-4.0.3.1 release. Yes, I am aware that this is a problem of w32api (which is part of the mingw project). This mailing-list is for discussions about gcc. On the mailing-list of mingw, I have already asked, and there is a lack of responses so I try here. I am using gcc-4.9.1 to build my cross-compiler as you can see above, so we can say that this discussion is not completely out of the mailing-list focus. I am wondering why my C compiler cannot create executables. I have compiled it with these options: $ ../gcc-4.9.1/configure --prefix=/usr --target=i686-pc-mingw32 --disable-shared --enable-languages=c --disable-nls I have always used these options for building my cross-compiler. Today, I try with a new version of gcc and it is a failure. Instead of downgrading, I would like to understand better why it does not work with the latest gcc, binutils, w32api and mingwrt. If anyone has an idea about that, please tell me.