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Example of the bug and supporting information

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bugzilla-daemon@mindrot.org [mailto:bugzilla-daemon@mindrot.org]
>> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 3:29 AM
>> To: abe@purdue.edu
>> Subject: [Bug 60] OpenSSH 3.0.2p1 configure script fails on NEXTSTEP
>>
>>
>> http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60
>>
>> ------- Additional Comments From djm@mindrot.org  2002-01-14 19:28 -------
>> Why / where is this needed? Can you show an example of a failed
>> build. This may
>> be an autoconf bug.
>
>Here's what configure says:
>
>> vic: 25 = ./configure
>> checking for gcc... gcc
>> checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler
>cannot
>> create executables
>
>The gcc compiler is:
>
>> vic: 6 = gcc -v
>> Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/m68k-next-nextstep3/2.8.0/specs
>> gcc version 2.8.0
>
>Here's the system info:
>
>> vic: 26 = hostinfo
>> Mach kernel version:
>>          NeXT Mach 3.1: Fri Apr 30 08:31:15 PDT 1993; root(rcbuilder)
>>          :mk-149.22.3.obj~2/RC_m68k/RELEASE_M68K
>> Kernel configured for a single processor only.>
>> 1 processor is physically available.
>> Processor type: MC680x0 (68040)
>> Processor speed: 25 MHz
>> Processor active: 0
>> System type: 2
>> Board revision: 0x0
>> Primary memory available: 64.00 megabytes.
>> Default processor set: 47 tasks, 73 threads, 1 processors
>> Load average: 0.02, Mach factor: 0.99
>
>Here's the relevant output from config.log:
>
>> ...
>> configure:1373: checking for C compiler default output
>> configure:1376: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
>> In file included from configure:1351:
>> confdefs.h:2: parse error at null character
>> configure:1379: $? = 1
>> configure: failed program was:
>> #line 1351 "configure"
>> #include "confdefs.h"
>>
>> #ifdef F77_DUMMY_MAIN
>> #  ifdef __cplusplus
>>      extern "C"
>> #  endif
>>    int F77_DUMMY_MAIN() { return 1; }
>> #endif
>> int
>> main ()
>> {
>>
>>   ;
>>   return 0;
>> }
>> configure:1402: error: C compiler cannot create executables
>> ...
>
>If one does this:
>
>> vic: 32 = touch confdefs.h; ./configure
>
>(In previous OpenSSH releases the configure script effectively
>did the "touch".  A comment said that the AIX compiler needed
>it.  Gcc 2.8 still does.)
>
>then the configure script says:
>
>> ...
>> checking for C compiler default output... a.out
>
>The configure step completes without further incident.
>
>Vic Abell <abe@purdue.edu>

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