Re: How to debug autoconf issues?

[m h]

On 1/11/06, Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> * m h wrote on Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 08:26:02PM CET:
> >
> > I'm working with a few of the alt-gentoo developers who are trying to
> > get portage (the gentoo linux build framework) to work on non-gentoo
> > systems.
>
> (I hope they understand that their libtool patches need to go on other
> systems.. oh sorry, you're not the one to rant to.  I was thinking out
> loud.)

I'm assumming you mean they should send patches upstream to you?  I
will certainly inform the group of this.

> > I'm running into configure issues that I can't seem to resolve.  (I
> > wouldn't call myself a C programmer.  I'm much more comfy in python.
> > But I can get around a linux system).  My issue is that when portage
> > runs the "./configure" I get errors like the following:
>
> OK.  Much more interesting are config.log contents (and much more
> detailed, so if you really need to post it all, please pack it).
> Some hints:

I've attached a zipped config.log.

>
> > checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
>
> So you used --host or the like, to announce cross-compilation.  In that
> case a $host_alias-prefixed compiler will be preferred.  And is found
> here.
>

Here's the configure command:
./configure \
--prefix=/data1/portage/jan6/prefix/toolsbox-4-patchespre.20060106/i686-pc-linux-gnu//usr
 \
--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu  \
--mandir=/data1/portage/jan6/prefix/toolsbox-4-patchespre.20060106/i686-pc-linux-gnu//usr/share/man
\
 
--infodir=/data1/portage/jan6/prefix/toolsbox-4-patchespre.20060106/i686-pc-linux-gnu//usr/sh
are/info \
--datadir=/data1/portage/jan6/prefix/toolsbox-4-patchespre.20060106/i686-pc-linux-gnu//usr/share
\ 
--sysconfdir=/data1/portage/jan6/prefix/toolsbox-4-patchespre.20060106/i686-pc-linux-gnu//etc
 \ 
--localstatedir=/data1/portage/jan6/prefix/toolsbox-4-patchespre.20060106/i686-pc-linux-gnu//var/lib
\
 --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu


> > checking for C compiler default output... a.out
> > checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> > checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>
> (i.e., $host = $build).
>
> > checking for suffix of executables...
> > checking for suffix of object files...
>
> This is suspicious.  config.log should be able to tell more.
>
....

Ralf-

Thanks for your response.   I've attached my config.log.  Please let
me know what areas to look at for hints as to my issues.

thanks

matt

config.log.gz
Description: GNU Zip compressed data