Problem compiling mesa-git ("gcc: '-V' option must have argument")

[Clemens Eisserer]

Hi Dan,

Thanks a lot for your help, of course you are right, this test was not
the cause of the fail.
I've some general problems with my c-compiler setup, I'll try to solve them.

Thanks again, Clemens

2008/10/5, Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists at gmail.com>:
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 6:12 AM, Clemens Eisserer <linuxhippy at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sorry for cross-posting, I posted this a few days ago on mesa-user,
>> but this list seems quite inactive.
>>
>> I am trying to build xorg-git using the script published on the
>> xorg-wiki, to be able to test, benchmark and profile whats currently
>> in development.
>> The build fails duing mesa-configure with the message: "gcc: '-V'
>> option must have argument".
>> I had a look into gcc's manual it it really seems to expect some
>> argument if that option is passed.
>>
>> I tried to build it on Feodra8 and Ubuntu-8.04 (gcc-4.2.3).
>>
>> Any ideas howto fix thix?
>
> Does the build actually fail? This is some sort of compiler version
> test in autoconf AC_PROG_CC. I think it's just trying to give you
> information about the compiler being used. It tries --version, then
> -v, then -V to try to get the version number. From what I can tell,
> though, it doesn't bomb configure, and the only messages should be in
> config.log.
>
> What version of autoconf are you using?
>
> --
> Dan
>