Re: configure problem - ./configure succeeds locally but not remotely

[Andreas Schwab]

Skip Montanaro <address@hidden> writes:

|>     % cvs up
|>     cvs server: Updating .
|>     cvs server: Updating python
|>     cvs server: Updating src
|>     cvs server: Updating test
|>     % ./configure
|>     checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
|>     checking whether build environment is sane... yes
|>     checking for mawk... mawk
|>     checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
|>     checking for g++... g++
|>     checking for C++ compiler default output... a.out
|>     ... bunch of normal msgs elided ...
|>     checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
|>     checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... ./configure: cd: conftest: Not 
a directory
|>     rm: cannot remove `conftest': Input/output error
|>     rmdir: conftest: No such file or directory
|>     yes
|>     checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo... 
|>     checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
|>     checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... 
yes
|>     ... bunch more normal msgs elided ...
|>     checking for rmdir... yes
|>     checking for strdup... yes
|>     configure: creating ./config.status
|>     config.status: creating Makefile
|>     config.status: error: cannot find input file: Makefile.in
|>     address@hidden:~/src/alf$ 
|> 
|> When I look at config.log in the region of the error output I see
|> 
|>     configure:5495: checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo

I think you should rather look at the point where "checking if gcc
supports -c -o file.o" is done.

Andreas.

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