readline: build failure

01.configure

2015-01-17 20:35:13 -0600

./configure
--prefix=/home/hutson/.local/Cellar/readline/6.3.8
--enable-multibyte

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu

Beginning configuration for readline-6.3 for i686-pc-linux-gnu

checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... /usr/bin/gcc-4.9
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/home/hutson/.local/tmp/readline-PmD0uz/readline-6.3':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 0.9.5
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew.git
HEAD: acf2fd1568258ae78d6b6223c49567e66ebb3dbf
Last commit: 27 hours ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /home/hutson/.local
HOMEBREW_CELLAR: /home/hutson/.local/Cellar
CPU: dual-core 32-bit 6
OS X: 0-i686
Xcode: N/A
CLT: N/A
Clang: N/A
X11: N/A
System Ruby: 2.1.5 => /usr/bin/ruby2.1
Perl: /usr/bin/perl
Python: /usr/bin/python => /usr/bin/python2.7
Ruby: /usr/bin/ruby => /usr/bin/ruby2.1

CC: /usr/bin/gcc-4.9
CXX: /usr/bin/g++-4.9
OBJC: /usr/bin/gcc-4.9
OBJCXX: /usr/bin/g++-4.9
CFLAGS: -Os -w -pipe -Xarch_i386 -march=prescott 
CXXFLAGS: -Os -w -pipe -Xarch_i386 -march=prescott 
CPPFLAGS: -isystem/home/hutson/.local/include
LDFLAGS: -L/home/hutson/.local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/home/hutson/.local/lib 
MAKEFLAGS: -j2
CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH: /home/hutson/.local
PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR: /home/hutson/.local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig
PATH: /home/hutson/.local/var/rbenv/shims:/home/hutson/.local/bin:./node_modules/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/home/hutson/.local/Library/ENV/scm

config.log

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by readline configure 6.3, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was

  $ ./configure --prefix=/home/hutson/.local/Cellar/readline/6.3.8 --enable-multibyte

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = mini
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 3.14-2-686-pae
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP Debian 3.14.15-2 (2014-08-09)

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X     = unknown

/bin/arch              = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo      = unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH: /home/hutson/.local/var/rbenv/shims
PATH: /home/hutson/.local/bin
PATH: ./node_modules/.bin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/local/games
PATH: /usr/games
PATH: /home/hutson/.local/Library/ENV/scm


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:2282: checking build system type
configure:2296: result: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure:2316: checking host system type
configure:2329: result: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure:2435: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:2457: result: yes
configure:2514: checking for gcc
configure:2541: result: /usr/bin/gcc-4.9
configure:2770: checking for C compiler version
configure:2779: /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 --version >&5
gcc-4.9 (Debian 4.9.2-10) 4.9.2
Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

configure:2790: $? = 0
configure:2779: /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 -v >&5
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.9
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/i586-linux-gnu/4.9/lto-wrapper
Target: i586-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 4.9.2-10' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.9/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.9 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.9 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.9-i386/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.9-i386 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.9-i386 --with-arch-directory=i386 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-targets=all --enable-multiarch --with-arch-32=i586 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=i586-linux-gnu --host=i586-linux-gnu --target=i586-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.9.2 (Debian 4.9.2-10) 
configure:2790: $? = 0
configure:2779: /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 -V >&5
gcc-4.9: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
gcc-4.9: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:2790: $? = 4
configure:2779: /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 -qversion >&5
gcc-4.9: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion'
gcc-4.9: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:2790: $? = 4
configure:2810: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:2832: /usr/bin/gcc-4.9 -Os -w -pipe -Xarch_i386 -march=prescott  -isystem/home/hutson/.local/include -L/home/hutson/.local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/home/hutson/.local/lib  conftest.c  >&5
gcc-4.9: error: unrecognized command line option '-Xarch_i386'
configure:2836: $? = 1
configure:2874: result: no
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "readline"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "readline"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "6.3"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "readline 6.3"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "bug-readline@gnu.org"
| #define PACKAGE_URL ""
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
| 
| int
| main ()
| {
| 
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:2879: error: in `/home/hutson/.local/tmp/readline-PmD0uz/readline-6.3':
configure:2881: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

## ---------------- ##
## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##

ac_cv_build=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_env_CC_set=set
ac_cv_env_CC_value=/usr/bin/gcc-4.9
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=set
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value='-Os -w -pipe -Xarch_i386 -march=prescott '
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=set
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=-isystem/home/hutson/.local/include
ac_cv_env_CPP_set=
ac_cv_env_CPP_value=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=set
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value='-L/home/hutson/.local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/home/hutson/.local/lib '
ac_cv_env_LIBS_set=
ac_cv_env_LIBS_value=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
ac_cv_host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC=/usr/bin/gcc-4.9
ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=yes

## ----------------- ##
## Output variables. ##
## ----------------- ##

AR=''
ARFLAGS=''
BUILD_DIR=''
CC='/usr/bin/gcc-4.9'
CFLAGS='-Os -w -pipe -Xarch_i386 -march=prescott '
CPP=''
CPPFLAGS='-isystem/home/hutson/.local/include'
CROSS_COMPILE=''
DEFS=''
ECHO_C=''
ECHO_N='-n'
ECHO_T=''
EGREP=''
EXEEXT=''
GREP=''
INSTALL_DATA=''
INSTALL_PROGRAM=''
INSTALL_SCRIPT=''
LDFLAGS='-L/home/hutson/.local/lib -Wl,-rpath,/home/hutson/.local/lib '
LIBOBJS=''
LIBS=''
LIBVERSION='6.3'
LOCAL_CFLAGS=''
LOCAL_DEFS=''
LOCAL_LDFLAGS=''
LTLIBOBJS=''
MAKE_SHELL=''
OBJEXT=''
PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='bug-readline@gnu.org'
PACKAGE_NAME='readline'
PACKAGE_STRING='readline 6.3'
PACKAGE_TARNAME='readline'
PACKAGE_URL=''
PACKAGE_VERSION='6.3'
PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
PURIFY=''
RANLIB=''
SET_MAKE=''
SHARED_INSTALL_TARGET=''
SHARED_TARGET=''
SHELL='/bin/bash'
SHLIB_DLLVERSION=''
SHLIB_DOT=''
SHLIB_LIBPREF=''
SHLIB_LIBS=''
SHLIB_LIBSUFF=''
SHLIB_LIBVERSION=''
SHLIB_MAJOR=''
SHLIB_MINOR=''
SHLIB_STATUS=''
SHLIB_XLDFLAGS=''
SHOBJ_CC=''
SHOBJ_CFLAGS=''
SHOBJ_LD=''
SHOBJ_LDFLAGS=''
SHOBJ_LIBS=''
SHOBJ_STATUS=''
SHOBJ_XLDFLAGS=''
STATIC_INSTALL_TARGET=''
STATIC_TARGET=''
TERMCAP_LIB=''
ac_ct_CC='/usr/bin/gcc-4.9'
bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
build='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
build_alias=''
build_cpu='i686'
build_os='linux-gnu'
build_vendor='pc'
datadir='${datarootdir}'
datarootdir='${prefix}/share'
docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}'
dvidir='${docdir}'
exec_prefix='NONE'
host='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
host_alias=''
host_cpu='i686'
host_os='linux-gnu'
host_vendor='pc'
htmldir='${docdir}'
includedir='${prefix}/include'
infodir='${datarootdir}/info'
libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
localedir='${datarootdir}/locale'
localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
mandir='${datarootdir}/man'
oldincludedir='/usr/include'
pdfdir='${docdir}'
prefix='/home/hutson/.local/Cellar/readline/6.3.8'
program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
psdir='${docdir}'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
target_alias=''

## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

/* confdefs.h */
#define PACKAGE_NAME "readline"
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "readline"
#define PACKAGE_VERSION "6.3"
#define PACKAGE_STRING "readline 6.3"
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "bug-readline@gnu.org"
#define PACKAGE_URL ""

configure: exit 77

How did you fix this?

@Nakilon I don't remember if I ever fixed this issue. Shortly after the date this Gist was posted I switched to a 64-bit operating system and haven't experienced compiler issues using linuxbrew.