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Re: configure not finding host problem - Fixed it!
- To: Michael Clifford <michael at eternal-bliss dot com>
- Subject: Re: configure not finding host problem - Fixed it!
- From: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 03:23:22 +0200 (CEST)
- cc: Jan Dvorak <johnydog at go dot cz>, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
On 2 Oct 2000, Michael Clifford wrote:
> Removing egcs also removed cc from my system. Without cc,
> configure could not guess my host type. Making a symlink from cc
> -> gcc solved my problem. This should be added to the FAQ as I
> can see it happening often.
>
> Here is the ML archive:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2000-01/msg00209.html
Couldn't/shouldn't the configure system properly diagnose this situation
and warn the user, also providing possible solutions? Or should it just
use gcc in the absence of cc?
Gerald
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