Need help building GDC on 64-bit Debian

[H. S. Teoh]

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 08:38:23AM +0200, Timo Sintonen wrote:
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> To make an executable we need headers, a working compiler, working
> binutils and working libraries for the target system. Even if the
> target system is the same ( I assume you are not making a
> cross-compiler) configure may give a different target name. In my
> Slackware the default configuration is x86_64-slackware-linux but
> the guessed configuration is x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu. Configure
> will not find all stuff for the guessed target and fails.

You're right, I get x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu too. How to fix this? (I
assume it needs fixing, as I'm on a Debian system so it shouldn't be
unknown?)


> You have to look config.log at the directory make was when the error
> came. In somewhere near the beginning of the file there is something
> like "checking if gcc can produce executables" and you should look
> there what went wrong.
> In my opinion configure should report an error and stop here, but I
> am not expert of that script either.

Thanks for the tip, I'll try it again and look for the real source of
the error.


T

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