On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 01:53:01PM +0200, Wolfgang Zeikat wrote:
> 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.
> 
> this has happened with various installation attempts in other parts of the
> pkgsrc tree also.
> 
> what could be the problem and how would i fix it?

Have a look at the created config.log, it should give you a hint why gcc
didn't work.

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