Re: [TCLUG:7092] gcc problems...

[Michael Hicks <hick0088@tc.umn.edu>]

> I've got a small problem while trying to compile ssh the other day
> I encountered this message while trying to run gcc:
> 
> loading cache ./config.cache
> checking host system type... i586-unknown-linux
> checking cached information... ok
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.
> 
> any ideas on how to fix gcc?

I once had a problem where my libraries weren't set up quite right.  I had
upgraded the 'glibc' library, but forgot to upgrade the 'glibc-devel' (which
contains all of the C header files.  Any programs I made would immediately
segfault.  It was really strange, because they would basically segfault when
initially loading the libraries -- before the program actually started running.

On my RedHat 6.0 system, these are the packages that come up when I run 'rpm
-qa|grep glibc':
glibc-profile-2.1.1-6
glibc-2.1.1-6
compat-glibc-5.2-2.0.7.1
glibc-devel-2.1.1-6

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