[PB] "no acceptable ld" : cywin32 pb, way to handle win path ?

Tue Feb 23 04:11:00 GMT 1999

If I remember correctly; Geoffrey Noer mentioned last month, that it was
a Cgywin issue not automake. Perhaps the problem will be fixed in the
next release of Cygwin.
Suhaib
----- Original Message -----
From: Sebastien Barre <Sebastien.Barre@utc.fr>
To: <automake@gnu.org>
Cc: <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 1:41 AM
Subject: [PB] "no acceptable ld" : cywin32 pb, way to handle win path ?
>Here are some excerpts of a problem discussed in the cywin32 mailing
list.
>I thought it might be interesting for the automake people too (this
message
>is also crossposted CC: to the cywin32 list for information).
>> http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32/
> http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ml/cygwin/1999-02/msg00702.html
>>It seems related to the way configure script handles path (many of use
>encoutered the pb with different configure scripts) :
>> Alex <alexl@i-france.com> :
>>>i tried to compile CILK ( http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/cilk/ )
>>and i got this error message:
>>>>checking for ld used by GCC... no
>>configure: error: no acceptable ld found in $PATH
>>>>though ld.exe is in the bin directory, what can i do to solve this
>>problem ?
>>>Tolj <tolj@uni-duesseldorf.de> :
>>>check out the configure script itself where the test is performed,
i.e.
>>search for "checking for ld used by" and you may see that you'll need
to
>>add Win32 path style to match certain conditions within the configure
>>script so ld is recognized.
>>>>At least for some configure scripts this has been the problem for not
>>recognizing ld in my experience.
>>>Julian Kinraid <jkinraid@clear.net.nz>
>>>I had the same problem, but if you just set the LD enviroment
variable,
>>you mightn't need to change the configure script -
>>>>export LD=/cygwin/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin/ld.exe
>>>>Just make sure the path is correct.
>>>"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com> :
>>>>export LD=/cygwin/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin/ld.exe
>>>>>>Just make sure the path is correct.
>>>>>>>Theoretically it supposed to work. But; it does not awlays by doing
>>export... before using configure script. Many Configure scripts
apprantly
>>ignore it and seach for LD="$..." whatever. Hardcoding the ld.exe
path in
>>configure works at least always in my hands.
>>>"Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <Ssiddiqi@InspirePharm.Com> :
>>>This problem also occurs with LessTif and many other codes. It is
because
>>Cygwin has a different style.
>>>>I usually search the configure script for something like "LD="$...."
and
>>replace all those occurances with
>>LD="/usr/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cywgin32/bin/ld.exe" This hard codes the
ld.exe
>>path and also include at your ./configure --with-gnu-ld if this option
is
>>available (check with ./configure --help). Hard coding ld.exe path in
>>configure script always has worked at least in my hands.
>>>Any help frop the automake people would be really appreciated, sorry if
it
>has been discussed before...
>>Thanks a lot
>>>______________________________________________________________
>Sebastien Barre http://www.hds.utc.fr/~barre/
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