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

[ken -vlc]

Thank you very much Mark!

Indeed, i was suspecting the cygwin configuration.
The problem resulted from gcc-mingw-core (etc.) reverting to version 
20050522 each time i ran setup.
i was able to catch the gcc reverting to 3.4.4 but didn't know about mingw!

This new "how-to" should replace the one on the vlc-developers website, 
as it not only explains this error, but it also shows why and how to 
fix. Very impressed!

I noticed today however, that there are contribs for vlc now being built 
against gcc 3.4.4

I'm so happy i could dance. Now if only nVidia and creative would 
develop drivers for FreeBSD, and or some distribution of linux would 
play nice with my shiny new (cheep) amd64 box. ARG!
Creative Live! 24-bit PCI sound card won't play nice with my Intel 
1000bt pro ethernet card, Mandriva Linux crashes after about 30 seconds 
of sound playback. Nothing else has come close to installing a 
sound/network/video driver for the onboard nvidia MCP51 chipset.

i'm sure i'll be posting to this list soon enough, till then - thanks again!

ken.

Mark Moriarty wrote:
> 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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