Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink update-all fails compiling gmp-4.1.3-11 claiming C++ compiler not available

[Martin C. <cos...@wa...>]

Thomas Pulhamus wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I recently wrote in about a problem I was having trying to get fink
> update-all to run and having it fail while trying to compile gmp-4.1.3-11.
> The error was, and continues to be, that the C++ compiler was not available.
> It was suggested that I try installing gcc 3.1, though it was already
> present. I reinstalled in but met with the same problem again. It was then
> suggested that I take a look at the config.log in the build directory to see
> if I could find out where specifically it had failed. While I really don't
> possess the know how to really make heads or tails of what was going on in
> there, I gather from the logs reporting of undefined symbols while checking
> the compiler the failure was due to the recent upgrade to Xcode 1.5, which I
> had installed. 

 From the log it is clear where the failure comes from:
[]
> configure:4796: checking C++ compiler g++ -g -O2 -mpowerpc -no-cpp-precomp
> -mcpu=7450
> configure:4811: g++ -g -O2 -mpowerpc -no-cpp-precomp -mcpu=7450 conftest.cc
> -o conftest >&5
> ld: warning prebinding disabled because dependent library:
> /usr/local/lib/libgcc.dylib is not prebound
> ld: Undefined symbols:
> __Unwind_Resume
[and so on]

Get rid of this /usr/local/lib/libgcc.dylib.

We will probably need a FAQ entry on this, more specific than #6.9

-- 
Martin