From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9350 invoked by alias); 27 Nov 2007 02:41:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 9323 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Nov 2007 02:41:14 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp120.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com (HELO smtp120.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com) (69.147.64.93) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:41:03 +0000 Received: (qmail 31250 invoked from network); 27 Nov 2007 02:41:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?69.105.73.42?) (timothyprince@sbcglobal.net@69.105.73.42 with plain) by smtp120.sbc.mail.sp1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Nov 2007 02:41:01 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 71.5E1oVM1nOwReCZdRDO9JfY_T.Hq6jVC0rAORykV8diffjWsvq7gpUF_gc1yJcI87Mt1IL2w-- Message-ID: <474B8124.2010809@computer.org> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:50:00 -0000 From: Tim Prince User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070613) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joseph Maxwell CC: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Installation Problem References: <474B2436.70704@jaymax.com> In-Reply-To: <474B2436.70704@jaymax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 X-SW-Source: 2007-11/txt/msg00289.txt.bz2 Joseph Maxwell wrote: > > I am attempting to install gcc-4.2.2 on an SGI Octane running IRIX 6.5.26 > I untar'd the gcc-4.2.2.tar file in the target directory /usr/local/gcc4x > checking for gcc... gcc > checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no > configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler > cannot create executables. > > Could you advise? Someone will have to look at config.log and try to figure out how to make your previous gcc work. Why not you? > > BTW: I would like to use the Fortran f77 or f95 compiler when installed, > are there any special nuances to observe? gcc-4.2 includes gfortran; should do the job for you.