Re: [SLUG] Troubles with Mandrake 7.1

["Ian Ward" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Yap" <ken@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Howard Lowndes" <lannet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Sydney Linux Users Group" <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, 26 July 2000 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Troubles with Mandrake 7.1


> >I an attempting to compile from a .src.rpm under Mandrake 7.1 and I get
> >the following error during the configure stage:
> >
> >checking for gcc... egcs
> >checking whether the C compiler (egcs  -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer  )
works... n
> >o
> >configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
cannot cr
> >eate executables.
> >
> >egcs is installed.

Just a wild guess, could it be a permissions problem.  Do you have write
permissions to your working directory?