having problem with ./configure

[Igor Sysoev]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 01:38:58PM +0530, just starting wrote:

> hi,
> 
> >>>>what is the content of objs/autoconf.err?
> ----------------------------------------
> checking for C compiler
> objs/autotest.c:2:23: /usr/include/sys/types.h: Permission denied
> ----------
> #include <sys/types.h>
> 
> int main() {
>     ;
>     return 0;
> }
> ----------
> gcc -o objs/autotest objs/autotest.c
> ----------
> >>> gcc-version
> gcc version 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-9)
> 
> >>>what is the output of rpm -qa|egrep gcc?
> 
> compat-gcc-32-3.2.3-47.3
> gcc-java-3.4.6-9
> gcc4-c++-4.1.2-14.EL4
> compat-gcc-32-c++-3.2.3-47.3
> libgcc-3.4.6-9
> gcc-3.4.6-9
> gcc4-4.1.2-14.EL4
> gcc4-gfortran-4.1.2-14.EL4
> gcc-objc-3.4.6-9
> gcc-gnat-3.4.6-9
> gcc-c++-3.4.6-9
> gcc-g77-3.4.6-9
> gcc4-java-4.1.2-14.EL4
> 
> Ok, what I think is happening is I have to do sudo ./configure.
> 
> Developers can help in pointing out the error file generated after build.

You have a broken developmnet environment: header files should be available
to read for everyone. You should not run ./configure and make under root.


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