Rick Rosinski <rick@rickrosinski.com> writes:

> When running configure, I get the following error:
> checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: cannot run C 
> compiled programs.
> If you want to cross compile, use '--host'.
> 
> This is weird, since I compile frequently (I avoid binaries quite frequently).
> I haven't added a new compiler since I had installed Slack 8.0
> 
> Any ideas?

I've seen this before, and it had a couple of different causes. You
might have better luck here (or may be able to figure it out yourself)
if you post the last 20 or 30 lines of config.log -- that'll show us
the exact error message.

john.
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