Re: config.log / Re: newbie: checking for C compiler default output...

[Akim Demaille]

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot 
create executables
check config.log for details

Thanks, I'm installing this:

Index: ChangeLog
from  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>
        * lib/autoconf/lang.m4 (_AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT): Suggest
        reading config.log when the compiler is rejected.
        Suggested by Guido Draheim.

2002-09-13  Akim Demaille  <address@hidden>

Index: lib/autoconf/lang.m4
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/autoconf/autoconf/lib/autoconf/lang.m4,v
retrieving revision 1.156
diff -u -u -r1.156 lang.m4
--- lib/autoconf/lang.m4 1 Sep 2002 10:11:05 -0000 1.156
+++ lib/autoconf/lang.m4 13 Sep 2002 07:16:50 -0000
@@ -463,7 +463,8 @@
 done],
       [echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
 cat conftest.$ac_ext >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD
-AC_MSG_ERROR([_AC_LANG compiler cannot create executables], 77)])
+AC_MSG_ERROR([_AC_LANG compiler cannot create executables
+check `config.log' for details.], 77)])
 ac_exeext=$ac_cv_exeext
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$ac_file])
 ])# _AC_COMPILER_EXEEXT_DEFAULT