./configre (gaim)

From: perl user (r230sl55_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/13/03 

Date: 12 Aug 2003 19:36:58 -0700

i am trying to install gaim on a ultra 5 with solaris 8.

# cd /gaim-0.66
# ./configure
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
/gaim-0.66/missing: Unknown `--run' option
Try `/gaim-0.66/missing --help' for more information
configure: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no
checking for sed... /usr/bin/sed
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler
cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
#

..some excerpts from config.log
## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1516: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:1570: result: ./install-sh -c
configure:1581: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:1624: result: yes
configure:1649: WARNING: `missing' script is too old or missing
configure:1657: checking for gawk
configure:1686: result: no
configure:1657: checking for mawk
configure:1686: result: no
configure:1657: checking for nawk
configure:1673: found /usr/bin/nawk
configure:1683: result: nawk
configure:1693: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
configure:1717: result: no
configure:1863: checking for sed
configure:1881: found /usr/bin/sed
configure:1893: result: /usr/bin/sed
configure:1947: checking for gcc
configure:1963: found /usr/local/bin/gcc
configure:1973: result: gcc
configure:2217: checking for C compiler version
configure:2220: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
2.95.3
configure:2223: $? = 0
configure:2225: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.3/specs
gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)
configure:2228: $? = 0
configure:2230: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: argument to `-V' is missing
configure:2233: $? = 1
configure:2257: checking for C compiler default output
configure:2260: gcc conftest.c >&5
gcc: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or directory
configure:2263: $? = 1
configure:2301: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

i have gcc2.95.3 .. might this be an outdated version? thanks in
advance for your advice!

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