Thanks Keith, but,
On a hunch thinking that the compiler is now broken after reading lots about the
too harsh error message, I picked a package at random (something simple),
gawk and tried to build that, starting from untarring then:
Code:
(lfs chroot) root:/sources# cd gawk-5.1.1
(lfs chroot) root:/sources/gawk-5.1.1# sed -i 's/extras//' Makefile.in
(lfs chroot) root:/sources/gawk-5.1.1# ./configure --prefix=/usr
checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./build-aux/install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a race-free mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/sources/gawk-5.1.1':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
The lines I focused on were:
Code:
checking whether the C compiler works... no
and
Code:
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
Spot on IMHO bryan,
I remember reading that note in the errata but when it came time to strip, I forgot all about it. Also I, of course, thinking that I had no need to do a backup with my experience, plowed straight through.
Nice catch.
Oh well back to the drawing board.