[Mingw-notify] [ mingw-Support Requests-1823837 ] configure error C compiler cannot create executab

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Support Requests item #1823837, was opened at 2007-10-31 20:48
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Category: Other
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>Status: Open
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Hal Engel (hvengel)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: configure error C compiler cannot create executables

Initial Comment:
See 'config.log' for more details. 

I am using msys and trying to configure tiff-3.8.2 which was patched using the MinGW port available in the patches tracker here.  

I configured with:

./configure --prefix=/mingw --host=mingw32 --target=mingw32

OK so it looks like the relevant part of config.log is:

configure:2494: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:2497: mingw32-gcc    conftest.c H:\gnu32 >&5
d:\MinGW\bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.5\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: H:\gnu32: No such file: Permission denied

I don't see what is wrong.  Even though the path to ld.exe is expressed in a really screwball way it does point to the location of ld.exe.  But I don't understand where the H:\gnu32 is coming from?  But it also exists.  Clearly there is something wrong with my installation but I am clueless about what that might be and how to fix it.  Can some one help me with this?

I am also seeing the same error when I try to configure other things like VIGRA.

I have been able to do some test builds using scons so I know that the MinGW stuff is OK and that this problem is likely something that is not right with msys.  But other than etc/fstab I don't see anything else that can be configured to make this work.

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>Comment By: Hal Engel (hvengel)
Date: 2007-11-01 13:18

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The same issue and the output is exactly the same.

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Comment By: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Date: 2007-11-01 12:52

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I see ``/h/QtWin/bin'' in PATH perhaps something in it is causing an
issue.

Try the following:

PATH=.:/mingw/bin:/bin ./configure --prefix=`cd /mingw && pwd -W`

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Comment By: Hal Engel (hvengel)
Date: 2007-11-01 11:12

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No that did not affect it at all.  Exactly the same error message and
exactly the same strange paths being used.

set results in the following:

!D:='D:\msys\1.0\bin'
ALLUSERSPROFILE='C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'
APPDATA='C:\Documents and Settings\admin\Application Data'
BASH=/bin/sh
BASH_VERSINFO=([0]="2" [1]="04" [2]="0" [3]="1" [4]="release"
[5]="i686-pc-msys")
BASH_VERSION='2.04.0(1)-release'
BGCOLOR=LightYellow
COLORFGBG='default;default'
COLORTERM=rxvt
COLUMNS=80
COMMONPROGRAMFILES='C:\Program Files\Common Files'
COMPUTERNAME=OFFICE
COMSPEC='C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe'
DIRSTACK=()
DISPLAY=:0
EUID=500
FGCOLOR=Navy
FP_NO_HOST_CHECK=NO
GROUPS=()
HISTFILE='/c/Documents and Settings/admin/.bash_history'
HISTFILESIZE=500
HISTSIZE=500
HOME='/c/Documents and Settings/admin'
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH='\'
HOSTNAME=OFFICE
HOSTTYPE=i686
IFS=' 	
'
LIBS='H:\gnu32'
LINES=25
LOGNAME=admin
LOGONSERVER='\\OFFICE'
MACHTYPE=i686-pc-msys
MAILCHECK=60
MAKE_MODE=unix
MINGW='D:\mingw'
MINGW32BGCOLOR=LightYellow
MINGW32FGCOLOR=Navy
MSYSBGCOLOR=White
MSYSFGCOLOR=Black
MSYSTEM=MINGW32
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OLDPWD='/c/Documents and Settings/admin'
OPTERR=1
OPTIND=1
OS=Windows_NT
OSTYPE=msys
PATH='.:/usr/local/bin:/mingw/bin:/bin:/mingw/bin:/usr/bin:/c/WINDOWS/system32:/c/WINDOWS:/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/d/Program
Files/Common Files/GTK/2.0/bin:/d/Program
Files/python-2.5.1:/h/QtWin/bin:/d/Program Files/windows grep'
PATHEXT='.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH'
PIPESTATUS=([0]="0")
PPID=1732
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER='x86 Family 15 Model 35 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD'
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15
PROCESSOR_REVISION=2302
PROGRAMFILES='C:\Program Files'
PROMPT='$P$G'
PS1='\[\033]0;$MSYSTEM:\w\007
\033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\]
$ '
PS2='> '
PS4='+ '
PWD=/h/vigra
QMAKESPEC=win32-g++
QTDIR='H:\QtWin'
SESSIONNAME=Console
SHELL=/bin/sh
SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:hashall:histexpand:monitor:history:interactive-comments:emacs
SHLVL=1
SYSTEMDRIVE=C:
SYSTEMROOT='C:\WINDOWS'
TEMP=/tmp
TERM=msys
TMP=/tmp
UID=500
USERDOMAIN=OFFICE
USERNAME=admin
USERPROFILE='C:\Documents and Settings\admin'
WINDIR='C:\WINDOWS'
WINDOWID=167838880
_=set
i='/etc/profile.d/*.sh'

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Comment By: Earnie Boyd (earnie)
Date: 2007-11-01 04:37

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What magic variables might be defined? Check the output of the ``set''
command.

Try the following configure command to see if it behaves better:

./configure --prefix=`cd /mingw && pwd -W`

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