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I am trying to install a gd library on a Mandrake 9.1 system, but am stuck on configuring it because I am given an error as I configure, gcc argument -V is missing. What is the problem with gcc which would cause this while I am configuring the gd library? Is it the cpp files?
-V option for gcc is valid.
--- it causes each invoked subprocess to print its
version information to stdout, ie., version the linker, etc.
It is part of verbose output -v gives everything
What is the EXACT command you used to compile and the whole error message? What you posted must be missing something.
Well, not exactly. I believe that the -V option allows you to override the version to be used, if multiple versions are installed. Look at man gcc. The 'missing argument' complaint would seem to back that up; -V requires a version argument after it.
It sounds like this happened during ./configure. That would be a bit odd, unless it was -v, which prints the version. But that shouldn't complain about a missing argument.
Diagnosing this will probably require investigating config.log.
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