https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=86682
Bug ID: 86682 Summary: gcc compiler cannot create executables (variables) ? - is there missing a library ? Product: gcc Version: 7.3.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: cv.schmitt at gmail dot com Target Milestone: --- I tried - after making only little changes in some sizes for password - to compile mcrypt 2.6.8 (from http://sourceforge.net) and its ending up in compiling error after ./configure Apparently gcc cannot create executables (variables), though all is given? Is there missing a package or library ? glibc is installed, make is installed and automake is installed too. Here is Solus Linux with newest kernel 4.17.6-82 and newest gcc 7.3.0 here is output of config.log : This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. It was created by mcrypt configure 2.6.8, which was generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61. Invocation command line was $ ./configure CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc ## --------- ## ## Platform. ## ## --------- ## hostname = unix uname -m = x86_64 uname -r = 4.17.6-82.current uname -s = Linux uname -v = #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jul 14 12:48:43 UTC 2018 /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown /bin/uname -X = unknown /bin/arch = x86_64 /usr/bin/arch -k = unknown /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown /usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown /bin/machine = unknown /usr/bin/oslevel = unknown /bin/universe = unknown PATH: /sbin PATH: /bin PATH: /usr/sbin PATH: /usr/bin PATH: /snap/bin ## ----------- ## ## Core tests. ## ## ----------- ## configure:1991: checking build system type configure:2009: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu configure:2031: checking host system type configure:2046: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu configure:2068: checking target system type configure:2083: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu configure:2127: checking for a BSD-compatible install configure:2183: result: /usr/bin/install -c configure:2194: checking whether build environment is sane configure:2237: result: yes configure:2265: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p configure:2304: result: /bin/mkdir -p configure:2317: checking for gawk configure:2333: found /usr/bin/gawk configure:2344: result: gawk configure:2355: checking whether make sets $(MAKE) configure:2376: result: yes configure:2620: checking for style of include used by make configure:2648: result: GNU configure:2718: checking for gcc configure:2745: result: /usr/local2/bin/gcc configure:2983: checking for C compiler version configure:2990: /usr/local2/bin/gcc --version >&5 ./configure: line 2991: /usr/local2/bin/gcc: No such file or directory configure:2993: $? = 127 configure:3000: /usr/local2/bin/gcc -v >&5 ./configure: line 3001: /usr/local2/bin/gcc: No such file or directory configure:3003: $? = 127 configure:3010: /usr/local2/bin/gcc -V >&5 ./configure: line 3011: /usr/local2/bin/gcc: No such file or directory configure:3013: $? = 127 configure:3036: checking for C compiler default output file name configure:3063: /usr/local2/bin/gcc conftest.c >&5 ./configure: line 3064: /usr/local2/bin/gcc: No such file or directory configure:3066: $? = 127 configure:3104: result: configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h. */ | #define PACKAGE_NAME "mcrypt" | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "mcrypt" | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.6.8" | #define PACKAGE_STRING "mcrypt 2.6.8" | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "" | #define PACKAGE "mcrypt" | #define VERSION "2.6.8" | #define T_CPU "x86_64" | #define T_VENDOR "unknown" | #define T_OS "linux-gnu" | /* end confdefs.h. */ | | int | main () | { | | ; | return 0; | } configure:3111: error: C compiler cannot create executables See `config.log' for more details. ## ---------------- ## ## Cache variables. ## ## ---------------- ## ac_cv_build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu ac_cv_env_CC_set=set ac_cv_env_CC_value=/usr/local2/bin/gcc ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set= ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value= ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set= ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value= ac_cv_env_CPP_set= ac_cv_env_CPP_value= ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set= ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value= ac_cv_env_LIBS_set= ac_cv_env_LIBS_value= ac_cv_env_build_alias_set= ac_cv_env_build_alias_value= ac_cv_env_host_alias_set= ac_cv_env_host_alias_value= ac_cv_env_target_alias_set= ac_cv_env_target_alias_value= ac_cv_host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu ac_cv_path_install='/usr/bin/install -c' ac_cv_path_mkdir=/bin/mkdir ac_cv_prog_AWK=gawk ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC=/usr/local2/bin/gcc ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=yes ac_cv_target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu ## ----------------- ## ## Output variables. ## ## ----------------- ## ACLOCAL='${SHELL} /home/linux/Downloads/mcrypt-2.6.8/missing --run aclocal-1.10' AMDEPBACKSLASH='\' AMDEP_FALSE='#' AMDEP_TRUE='' AMTAR='${SHELL} /home/linux/Downloads/mcrypt-2.6.8/missing --run tar' AR='' AUTOCONF='${SHELL} /home/linux/Downloads/mcrypt-2.6.8/missing --run autoconf' AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /home/linux/Downloads/mcrypt-2.6.8/missing --run autoheader' AUTOMAKE='${SHELL} /home/linux/Downloads/mcrypt-2.6.8/missing --run automake-1.10' AWK='gawk' BZIP2='' CC='/usr/local2/bin/gcc' CCDEPMODE='' CFLAGS='' CPP='' CPPFLAGS='' CYGPATH_W='echo' DEFS='' DEPDIR='.deps' DSYMUTIL='' DUMPBIN='' ECHO_C='' ECHO_N='-n' ECHO_T='' EGREP='' EXEEXT='' FGREP='' GMSGFMT='' GMSGFMT_015='' GREP='' GZIP='' INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644' INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}' INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}' INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM='$(install_sh) -c -s' INTLLIBS='' INTL_MACOSX_LIBS='' LD='' LDFLAGS='' LIBICONV='' LIBINTL='' LIBMCRYPT_CFLAGS='' LIBMCRYPT_CONFIG='' LIBMCRYPT_LIBS='' LIBOBJS='' LIBS='' LIBTOOL='' LIPO='' LN_S='' LTLIBICONV='' LTLIBINTL='' LTLIBOBJS='' MAKEINFO='${SHELL} /home/linux/Downloads/mcrypt-2.6.8/missing --run makeinfo' MSGFMT='' MSGFMT_015='' MSGMERGE='' NM='' NMEDIT='' OBJEXT='' OTOOL64='' OTOOL='' PACKAGE='mcrypt' PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='' PACKAGE_NAME='mcrypt' PACKAGE_STRING='mcrypt 2.6.8' PACKAGE_TARNAME='mcrypt' PACKAGE_VERSION='2.6.8' PATH_SEPARATOR=':' POSUB='' RANLIB='' RM='' SED='' SET_MAKE='' SHELL='/bin/sh' STRIP='' USE_NLS='' VERSION='2.6.8' XGETTEXT='' XGETTEXT_015='' ac_ct_CC='/usr/local2/bin/gcc' ac_ct_DUMPBIN='' am__fastdepCC_FALSE='' am__fastdepCC_TRUE='' am__include='include' am__isrc='' am__leading_dot='.' am__quote='' am__tar='${AMTAR} chof - "$$tardir"' am__untar='${AMTAR} xf -' bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin' build='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' build_alias='' build_cpu='x86_64' build_os='linux-gnu' build_vendor='unknown' datadir='${datarootdir}' datarootdir='${prefix}/share' docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}' dvidir='${docdir}' exec_prefix='NONE' host='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' host_alias='' host_cpu='x86_64' host_os='linux-gnu' host_vendor='unknown' htmldir='${docdir}' includedir='${prefix}/include' infodir='${datarootdir}/info' install_sh='$(SHELL) /home/linux/Downloads/mcrypt-2.6.8/install-sh' libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib' libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec' localedir='${datarootdir}/locale' localstatedir='${prefix}/var' lt_ECHO='echo' mandir='${datarootdir}/man' mkdir_p='/bin/mkdir -p' oldincludedir='/usr/include' pdfdir='${docdir}' prefix='NONE' program_transform_name='s,x,x,' psdir='${docdir}' sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin' sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com' sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc' target='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu' target_alias='' target_cpu='x86_64' target_os='linux-gnu' target_vendor='unknown' ## ----------- ## ## confdefs.h. ## ## ----------- ## #define PACKAGE_NAME "mcrypt" #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "mcrypt" #define PACKAGE_VERSION "2.6.8" #define PACKAGE_STRING "mcrypt 2.6.8" #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "" #define PACKAGE "mcrypt" #define VERSION "2.6.8" #define T_CPU "x86_64" #define T_VENDOR "unknown" #define T_OS "linux-gnu" configure: exit 77