On 8/22/13 11:03 AM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote:
> On 8/22/2013 1:22 PM, Sarah Gilman wrote:
>> I'm running OS 10.6.8 and Xcode Version 3.2.2 (1650)
>>
>> I think have successfully installed fink 0.35.1
>>
>> I ran the command "fink selfupdate-rsync"  without any problems
>>
>> But when I try "fink install xtide", I get the following error message
>>
>> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
>> checking whether the C++ compiler works... no
>> configure: error: in `/sw/src/fink.build/xtide-2.13.2-1/xtide-2.13.2':
>> configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
>> See `config.log' for more details
>> ### execution of ./configure failed, exit code 77
>> ### execution of /tmp/fink.PaIbE failed, exit code 77
>
>> I cannot find a config.log file anywhere on the computer
>
> The config.log you're looking for should be in
> /sw/src/fink.build/xtide-2.13.2-1/xtide-2.13.2/config.log
>
> See what reason it gives for the C++ compiler not working.
>
> Also, it is generally not a good idea to downgrade Xcode.  If you need
> to reinstall, use the latest version available (or at least the last one
> you had).
>
> Hanspeter
>
>

In this case, Xcode's c++ isn't even that relevant, since xtide uses the 
compilers from gcc48 because the build requires features that Apple's 
compilers don't seem to have.

I got a prior report offlist from someone else with the same error 
message on 10.8, but I never got a reply when I told them to look at the 
config.log .
-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/

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