ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/ Download version 2.57a. Yes, I know it's alpha, but I'm pretty sure it fixes those bugs. > -----Original Message----- > From: Christian Convey [mailto:cconvey@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 12:37 AM > To: autoconf@xxxxxxx > Subject: Newbie question with Autoconf 2.57 > > Hi guys, > > I'm sure you get this a lot, but I can't find it documented anywhere... > > I've installed autoconf 2.57 on a Mandrake 9.1 system. When I run any > of the macros used for testing out the C++ compiler, I get failed tests. > > Here's the fragment of the config.log file that I think is relevant: > > > Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --with- > slibdir=/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable- > > shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --enable-long-long -- > enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,f77,objc,java --host=i > > 586-mandrake-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib > > Thread model: posix > > gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk) > > configure:1367: $? = 0 > > configure:1369: g++ -V </dev/null >&5 > > g++-3.2.2: argument to `-V' missing > > > > configure:1372: $? = 1 > > configure:1396: checking for C++ compiler default output > > configure:1399: g++ /opt/xerces-2.3.0/lib conftest.cc >&5 > > /opt/xerces-2.3.0/lib: file not recognized: Is a directory > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > > configure:1402: $? = 1 > > configure: failed program was: > > | #line 1375 "configure" > > | /* confdefs.h. */ > > | > > | #define PACKAGE_NAME "" > > | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "" > > | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "" > > | #define PACKAGE_STRING "" > > | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "" > > | /* end confdefs.h. */ > > | > > | int > > | main () > > | { > > | > > | ; > > | return 0; > > | } > > configure:1441: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables > > See `config.log' for more details. > > > I suspect my problem is that when you invoke "g++ -V", the "-V" is > supposed to be followed with a particular version number. > > Am I doing something wrong? Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > Christian > > > -- > Christian Convey > Sr. Software Engineer, > Computer Science Dept. > Brown University > > >
