Leopard: "C compiler cannot create executables"

[intel1]

Hi,

I posted a message in the threading forum because I initially thought this was a problem with OpenMPI and ICC. I've now tried configuring some other software (MPICH) and I get the same problem:

checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

This is driving me mad so any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[Dale_S_Intel]

I haven't seen this problem. Can you give me a little more info? Can you build a trivial hello_world program? Or do only see this problem when building MPI? Can you give some more details as to how to reproduce the problem you're seeing? Do only see this problem on Leopard, i.e. have you built successfully on tiger?

Thanks!

Dale

[TimP]

"compiler cannot create executable" is a standard open source configury response, alerting you to examine the log file, typically config.log. If you don't check basic issues such as Dale mentioned, to assure that the compiler PATH variables are set, and then show the evidence from the log file, there isn't much we can do to help.
Each of the major open source MPIs has an FAQ page covering common issues, including the information which has to be provided when asking for assistance.

[grs2103]

I'm having the same problem with MPICH2 and less intense stuff, such as the GSL.