From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 27 1:42:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D3237B401 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 01:42:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C79D743E42 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 01:42:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9R8g4V8024588 for ; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 08:42:04 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9R8fx6m024587 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 27 Oct 2002 08:41:59 GMT Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2002 08:41:59 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: port installs failing Message-ID: <20021027084159.GA24089@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <002901c27d6c$5bf6dc00$0a00a8c0@neuromancer> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002901c27d6c$5bf6dc00$0a00a8c0@neuromancer> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-9.9 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 04:53:06AM +0100, Neo wrote: > since upgrading to 4.7-STABLE, i have some strange behaviour when i try to > install or upgrade some ports, for example xchat. > The config fails with the message: > "configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot > create executables." Did you happen to mount your /tmp partition 'noexec'? Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message