Bug#564451: grub: FTBFS: error: C compiler cannot create executables

[Kurt Roeckx]

Source: grub
Version: 0.97-60
Severity: serious

Hi,

There was an error while trying to autobuild your package:

> Start Time: 20100103-2145

[...]

> Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5), automake1.9, autoconf, autotools-dev, texinfo, libncurses5-dev | libncurses-dev, lib32ncurses5-dev [amd64], gcc-4.3-multilib [amd64]

[...]

> Toolchain package versions: libc6-dev_2.10.2-2 linux-libc-dev_2.6.32-2 g++-4.4_4.4.2-8 gcc-4.4_4.4.2-8 binutils_2.20-4 libstdc++6_4.4.2-8 libstdc++6-4.4-dev_4.4.2-8
> 

[...]

> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking build system type... i486-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i486-pc-linux-gnu
> checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
> checking for i486-linux-gnu-gcc... gcc-4.3
> checking for i486-linux-gnu-gcc... (cached) gcc-4.3
> checking whether the C compiler works... no
> configure: error: in `/build/buildd-grub_0.97-60-i386-kkeiQ1/grub-0.97':
> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details.
> make: *** [configure-stamp] Error 77
> dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2

A full build log can be found at:
http://buildd.debian.org/build.php?arch=i386&pkg=grub&ver=0.97-60


Kurt