Bugs item #4293, was opened at 2009-09-01 12:51 Status: Open Priority: 3 Submitted By: Pedrocelli (pedrocelli) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: error on build: C compiler cannot create executables Category: Build process Group: None Resolution: None Initial Comment: Build of pdfLaTex version 1.40.9 attempted on Red Hat Linux 2.6.18, and failed with the above message. Log file config.log attached. What do I need to do to build this? Cheers Pedrocelli ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Pedrocelli (pedrocelli) Date: 2009-09-02 17:16 Message: No I haven't - it's a new system. I don't know if anyone else has but it doesn't matter - I installed it through the package manager and it works fine. Thanks Pedrocelli ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: The Thanh Han (hanthethanh) Date: 2009-09-02 02:11 Message: The log file says: ,--------, | configure:2575: gcc conftest.c >&5 | collect2: cannot find 'ld' `--------` Have you successfully built anything from sources on that system? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=4293&group_id=106