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Bug 269470

Summary: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6 fails: configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Alec Meyers <alecm_88>
Component: [OLD] UnspecifiedAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: config.log
build.log

Description Alec Meyers 2009-05-11 21:42:12 UTC
Emerge fails with the following error:

checking for i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...
configure: error: in `/var/tmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6/work/xorg-server-1.5.3':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6/work/xorg-server-1.5.3/config.log

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge =x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r6




This may have to do with Bug 269315, but I haven't tried it with binutils[-gold] yet.
Comment 1 Alec Meyers 2009-05-11 21:43:56 UTC
Created attachment 190975 [details]
config.log
Comment 2 Alec Meyers 2009-05-11 21:45:34 UTC
Created attachment 190976 [details]
build.log
Comment 3 Peter Alfredsen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-05-11 21:51:53 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 269288 ***