From: Mark Wilson <mwilson13@...>
Date: 2004-05-09T15:29:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Can't build with Panther


On May 9, 2004, at 2:15 AM, Jim Freeze wrote:

> Hi
>
> I just got a new OSX computer running 10.3.3 and I installed
> the xcode cd and the 1.1 xcode software update.
>
> However, it seems that I can't build anything. The error
> I get when building readline-4.3 is:
>
>   jdf@cheetah readline-4.3 % ./configure
>   checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin7.3.1
>   checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin7.3.1
>
>   Beginning configuration for readline-4.3 for 
> powerpc-apple-darwin7.3.1
>
>   checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
>   checking for gcc... gcc
>   checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C 
> compiler
>   cannot create executables
>
> The log file shows:
>
>   configure: failed program was:
>   #line 1438 "configure"
>   #include "confdefs.h"
>
>   int
>   main ()
>   {
>
>     ;
>     return 0;
>   }
>   configure:1483: error: C compiler cannot create executables

It might be that the BSDSDK is not installed.

Try:

$ ls -dF /Library/Receipts/BSD*.pkg
/Library/Receipts/BSD.pkg/   /Library/Receipts/BSDSDK.pkg/


I found this advice here:

http://www.imasy.or.jp/~hisa/mac/rubycocoa/build.en.html

Regards,

Mark