[Pythonmac-SIG] configure failing with Python 2.4

[Bob Ippolito]

Reinstall Xcode and/or make sure you aren't using Fink or something 
which may have installed an alternate compiler (make sure "which cc" 
and "which gcc" point to /usr/bin).

On Dec 23, 2004, at 10:23 AM, Kevin Dangoor wrote:

> Err, while this might be enough info for someone to go on, I just 
> realized that there's not much there...
>
> I'm running Mac OS 10.3.6. I have XCode/Developer Tools installed, 
> though that didn't seem to make any difference. I even tried moving my 
> .bashrc and .profile files out of the way to be sure that those 
> weren't causing any grief.
>
> Kevin
>
> Kevin Dangoor wrote:
>
>> I'm thinking that I must be doing something simple wrong... hopefully 
>> that's the case.
>>
>> I downloaded the Python 2.4 source and tried to run a basic 
>> ./configure to see what I get. What I got was this error:
>>
>> checking for C++ compiler default output file name... configure: 
>> error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
>>
>> which appears to be caused by
>>
>> configure:1772: c++    conftest.cc  >&5
>> ld: can't locate file for: -lcrt1.o
>>
>> While I'm sure I can track that down, I figured that I must be doing 
>> something silly. Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kevin
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