(Resurrecting this old thread...)

Seiji Kachi wrote:
> Kai Tietz wrote:
>> No, this bug appeared on all windows pe-coff targets. A fix for this
>> is already checked in yesterday on binutils. Could you try it with the
>> current binutils head version?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kai
> 
> I solved this failure with binutils-2.19.51.

I am running into the same problem (cannnot build latest snapshot on 
cygwin). I have built and installed the latest binutils from head (see 
attached config.log for details). But still the build fails. Any help?


checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: in 
`/home/ericne/objdir/i686-pc-cygwin/li
biberty':
configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
See `config.log' for more details.
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for i686-pc-cygwin-gcc... /home/ericne/objdir/./gcc/xgcc 
-B/home/ericne/objdir/./gcc/ -B/us
r/local/gcc-4.5-20090813//i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ 
-B/usr/local/gcc-4.5-20090813//i686-pc-cygwin/lib/ -is
ystem /usr/local/gcc-4.5-20090813//i686-pc-cygwin/include -isystem 
/usr/local/gcc-4.5-20090813//i686
-pc-cygwin/sys-include
make[1]: *** [configure-target-libiberty] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: in 
`/home/ericne/objdir/i686-pc-cygwin/li
bstdc++-v3':
configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
See `config.log' for more details.
make[1]: *** [configure-target-libstdc++-v3] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ericne/objdir'
make: *** [all] Error 2


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