Re: [orbitcpp-list] Yep, I'm the FNG

[Adam Y. <ay...@fo...>]

In ./configure


cross_compiling=$ac_cv_prog_cxx_cross

  if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
    { echo "configure: error: can not run test program while cross
compiling" 1>&2; exit 1; }


Here's the complete log


checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles...
no
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for ranlib... (cached) ranlib
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for ld used by GCC... (cached) /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... (cached) yes
checking for BSD-compatible nm... (cached) /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... (cached) yes
checking for object suffix... o
checking for executable suffix... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions ... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... -static
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries...
yes
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... ok
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking dynamic linker characteristics... Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
creating libtool
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for c++... c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ -g -Wall ) works... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ -g -Wall ) is a cross-compiler...
yes
checking whether we are using GNU C++... yes
checking whether c++ accepts -g... yes
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for orbit-config... /usr/bin/orbit-config
checking for ORBit - version >= 0.5.1... cross compiling; assumed OK...
yes
checking for orbit-idl... /usr/bin/orbit-idl
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking whether c++ compiler (c++) supports bad_cast... no
checking for size of c++ new memory info block... configure: error: can
not run test program while cross compiling






Ronald Garcia wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "ay" == Adam Young <ay...@fo...> writes:
> 
>     ay> So I figure its time to get involved in an Open source project
>     ay> and I am a definie C++phile, figured I'd try to get involved
>     ay> with ORBit-C++.  However, fdoing the download, tar
>     ay> -zxf,./configure didn't work for me.  Seems like there is an
>     ay> issue with cross compiling with gcc that causes the
>     ay> ./configure to fail.  Using Gcc v 2.96.  Didn't see anything
>     ay> in the email archives, although they just go back to late
>     ay> 1999.  Any help would be most appreciated.
> 
> could you give some more detail on what's going wronng?  perhaps a
> transcript of your compilation process?
> 
> ron
> 
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