[vlc] Re: cygwin ./configure fails with C compiler error.

[Mark Moriarty]

Wild guess -- this sounds like a core Cygwin installation error, that it
hasn't set up the environment properly, literally doesn't know, for example,
that it is to create .o (or whatever)files.

I had this happen once, munged install, I believe.

Trax has generated an update on the compile environment, available at:
http://www.firstmiletv.nl/vlc/developers/howto.txt

Sometimes a given Cygwin mirror has hosed packages, that's why I always
download to disk, then install -- end of the day I have a working set of
files that I then use going forward, in case I need to build a new
environment elsewhere.

I would suggest doing a kill-and-fill on your Cygwin (re-install), though if
you're lucky you might get by with just reinstalling the gcc/mingw compiler
components.

Try using the Cygwin mirror at funet.fi -- it's had good packages lately.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: vlc-bounce at videolan.org [mailto:vlc-bounce at videolan.org] On Behalf Of
ken -vlc
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 2:47 PM
To: vlc dev
Subject: [vlc] cygwin ./configure fails with C compiler error.

Hello,

I'm following the Oct 3, 2004 "Working Cygwin VLC Compile Environment" 
how to from the vlc site to setup cygwin.

during the ./configure phase i get an error:
---
checking for gcc... gcc -mno-cygwin
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C
compiler cannot create executables See 'config.log' for more details.
Make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

---
I've tried a number of things,
i'm using gcc 3.3.3 (cygwin special)
i've installed the extra libraries into /usr/win32

everything i've read stats that the gcc3.3.3 will compile the 3.3.1-only
contrib.

I'm using the cygwin script copy and pasted from the INSTALL.win32 readme

i've seen this same error a number of times in google, however - none of the
solutions seem to change anything.

any help,
ken.

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