Ralf, Thank you very much. The "unset LIBS" seems to have fixed the problem. Lee Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Keith MARSHALL wrote on Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 03:31:18PM CEST: Lee Duke wrote: configure:2062: checking for C compiler default output file name configure:2065: gcc conftest.c :/usr/lib >&5 Hmm. What is `:/usr/lib', and how has it gotten in there? All I see for this test, with autoconf-2.59 is: configure:1599: checking for C compiler default output file name configure:1602: gcc conftest.c >&5 configure:1605: $? = 0 which clearly passes; it's that spurious `:/usr/lib' that's making it fail for you. Indeed. I bet an unset LIBS before invoking configure will be an appropriate "fix". If that's not the case, it'd be helpful to see the output of sh -x ./configure to find out what sets $LIBS. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list [1]Autoconf@xxxxxxx [2]http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf References 1. mailto:Autoconf@xxxxxxx 2. http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf