[openib-general] configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

[Or Gerlitz]

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Quoting  vishal <vishal at endace.com>:
>> Thread model: posix
>> gcc version 4.1.0 (SUSE Linux)
>> configure:2471: $? = 0
>> configure:2473: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
>> gcc: '-V' option must have argument
>> configure:2476: $? = 1
>> configure:2499: checking for C compiler default output file name
>> configure:2502: gcc -m32 -g -O2 -I../libibverbs/include -m32 -g -O2
>> -L/usr/lib conftest.c  >&5
>> /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.0/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.0/../../../libc.so when searching for -lc
>> /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.0/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.0/../../../libc.a when searching for -lc
>> /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.0/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/libc.so when searching for -lc
>> /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.0/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib64/libc.a when searching for -lc
>> /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.0/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: cannot find -lc
> 
> Look at the compiler command line - it tries to create a 32 bit executable
> and does not find the C library for that.
> You should have 32 bit devel packages installed.

Michael, Cool, thanks for pointing this out, for me it (installing the 
glibc 32bit devel rpm) solved this problem.

Or.