Re: [GENERAL] Fw: Can't even specify template

joel reed wrote:
> try configure --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> change i686 as needed

OK, cool,  that worked ... but ... here's what happened next.

$ ./configure --host=i586-pc-linux
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i586-pc-linux-gnu
checking echo setting...
checking setting template to... linux_i386
checking setting USE_LOCALE... disabled
checking setting CYR_RECODE... disabled
checking setting MULTIBYTE... disabled
checking setting DEF_PGPORT... 5432
checking setting DEF_MAXBACKENDS... 32
checking setting USE_TCL... disabled
checking setting USE_PERL... disabled
checking setting USE_ODBC... disabled
checking setting ASSERT CHECKING... disabled
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -O2 ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot
create executables

I check for gcc.  It's there, but it doesn't accept a parameter of -02.  Is
this because of a newer version of the compiler or something.

What I don't get is that this all worked just fine the other day.  Am I
missing some libraries or something.  This is a fresh install after a
reformat, and I think pgsql was installed with an RPM the very first time
before.

Any ideas would be great,
-Dan Wilson

>
> --- Dan Wilson <dan_wilson@geocities.com> wrote:
> > I can't even get ./configure to work.
> >
> > I just reformatted my Linux box and installed Redhat
> > Linux 6.0.  I had 6.0
> > installed for a while but had installed another
> > distribution (Mandrake) over
> > the top of it.  I downloaded pg 6.5 last night and
> > installed it.  Everything
> > went fine.
> >
> > So after I reformatted, I tried to install 6.5
> > again, and it won't detect
> > the host type (which it did last night).
> >
> > I even tried to specify the template with
> > --with-template=linux_i386, but I
> > get the same exact error message:
> >  ./configure --with-template=linux_i386
> > loading cache ./config.cache
> > checking host system type... configure: error: can
> > not guess host type; you
> > must specify one
> >
> > I ran ./config.guess and that didn't output
> > anything.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to specify this in Linux to
> > auto detect or how can I
> > get it to recognize the parameter?
> >
> > I'm at a loss.
> >
> > -Dan Wilson
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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