C compiler cannot create executables

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Hi all
i'm tring to install :
slackware [Splashy]
but whe i try to install freetype with ./freetype.SlackBuilds
i get:

.....
Generating modules list in ./objs/ftmodule.h...
* module: truetype  (Windows/Mac font files with extension *.ttf or *.ttc)
* module: type1     (Postscript font files with extension *.pfa or *.pfb)
* module: cff       (OpenType fonts with extension *.otf)
* module: cid       (Postscript CID-keyed fonts, no known extension)
* module: pfr       (PFR/TrueDoc font files with extension *.pfr)
* module: type42    (Type 42 font files with no known extension)
* module: winfnt    (Windows bitmap fonts with extension *.fnt or *.fon)
* module: pcf       (pcf bitmap fonts)
* module: bdf       (bdf bitmap fonts)
* module: sfnt      (helper module for TrueType & OpenType formats)
* module: autofit   (automatic hinting module)
* module: pshinter  (Postscript hinter module)
* module: raster    (monochrome bitmap renderer)
* module: smooth    (anti-aliased bitmap renderer)
* module: smooth    (anti-aliased bitmap renderer for LCDs)
* module: smooth    (anti-aliased bitmap renderer for vertical LCDs)
* module: psaux     (Postscript Type 1 & Type 2 helper module)
* module: psnames   (Postscript & Unicode Glyph name handling)
done.
cd builds/unix; ./configure --prefix=/usr i486-slackware-linux
configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
checking build system type... i486-slackware-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i486-slackware-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i486-slackware-linux-gnu
checking for i486-slackware-linux-gcc... i486-slackware-linux-gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
make: *** [setup] Error 77
config.mk:25: builds/unix/unix-def.mk: No such file or directory
config.mk:26: builds/unix/unix-cc.mk: No such file or directory
make: *** No rule to make target `builds/unix/unix-cc.mk'.  Stop.

i installed binutils-2.17.50.0.17-i486-1, as suggested in onother forum
then i tried to install glibc-2.7 /read someware that it might help/ but when i try:

./configure --prefix=/usr/glibc-build

i get:

configure: error: you must configure in a separate build directory

although i used --prefix

i'm stuck for 4 hours now...
TIA

[valan]

configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

Does config.log say anything useful? Might have to look around in it a bit, it's easy to get lost in config.log. Also, you don't have to specify i486-slackware-linux since your host and target machines are the same.

I highly reccomend not trying to update glibc from source, that is not to be taken lightly and requires a higher level of expertise than it would appear you currently have. Doing it improperly can easily render your system unusable.

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yes, after posting this i did more reading about the glibc, and decided that too big for me, but then i tried to install glib-2.12.12 /i have already installed it/, but i still get the same err as the freetype config...
i tried to locate the config.log, but i only found the one for glib-2.12.12. i Couldent find the one for freetype, so i dont know what it says.

i have not installed anything else so, i dont think that i messed up the gcc or something else

EDIT: Here is the .log

[valan]

config.log should be created in the directory configure was run in, note that in this case it does a cd builds/unix first, though where that directory is located I can't tell.

I noticed this in the log:

configure:2494: i486-slackware-linux-gcc -O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686   conftest.c  >&5
/usr/lib/gcc/i486-slackware-linux/4.1.2/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld: cannot find /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a

Apparently libc_nonshared.a isn't found in /usr/lib . It would seem to me though that this should be found in /lib instead, do you have it there? If so, try making a symlink to /usr/lib and try again. You might have to run ldconfig after creating the symlink.

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the file is missing.
I tried to reinstall the nvidia driver, just to test the compiler, and it shows an err something like: "...The "CC" compiler could not create executables..."

when i compiles glib2 i didnt understand the following:
"Next you need to add –enable-static to your ./configure section and increment BUILD" and especially the "increment BUILD" part. i can't understand what to do with the BUILD part. Maybe this messed up the compiler...

[valan]

I'm thinking you might need to reinstall the libc package, or maybe something like libc-static or libc-dev to get this libc_nonshared.a lib. As far as the "increment BUILD", I'm guessing there's a variable somewhere called BUILD that holds a number, which needs to have 1 added to it. Don't know where that variable might be though.

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i'll try to install the libc package, but i was wondering about the BUILD option. Because if this messes up the glibc2 package than i wont be able to insstall it. i check the glibc2.SlackBuild script, also untared the glibc2 package just to see the config file but i couldent locate this BUILD option. i will write to Splashy team for this option.

10x for your help valan.
i'll try to reinstall the libc package, and post the result

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ok
i reinstalled the libc package from slackware dvd, and after that i changed the glib2.SlackBuild scrip to add to the configure --enable-static, and now it seems to work.