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On 17-12-08 16:49, Claudiu mdc wrote:
> hi, I am trying to build bootstrap-image and I have this error when building libtool-cross:
> | checking for i686-linux-gcc... i686-linux-gcc-4.3.1 -mcpu=pentiumpro
> | checking for C compiler default output file name...
> | configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> | See `config.log' for more details.


First: what does config.log say? (it's somewhere in 
work/i686*/libtool-cross/*)


> I use org.openembedded.stable branch
>
> Some lines from my local.conf:
> MACHINE = "i686-generic"
> TARGET_OS = "linux"
> DISTRO = "unmaintained/generic"

Secondly, you can't build for x86 using the generic distro because of 
namespace clashes. Try using angstrom-2007.1.

regards,

Koen