In the previous episode (22.07.2001), mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu
<mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu> said:


> moving this to tech-pkg....
> 

> > while trying to install for example in /usr/pkgsrc/devel/gmake/ on
> NetBSD
> > 1.5.1 on an i386 i have gotten the error:
> > 
> > checking whether the C compiler (...) works... no
> > configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
> cannot
> > create executables.
> > ... Error code 1
> > 
> > Stop.

> i'm not sure, but I'm having similar problems on alpha.  If you just do
> 
> make clean
> make
> 
> again in devel/gmake does it work? My problem seems to not be with
> building a pkg directly but rather when a build is triggered by a
> depends.  

that fixes it yes.

thanks

wolfgang