It lies in the portage sandbox used for compiling the package. This
would be /var/tmp/portage/<PACKAGE> . The catch is - the sandbox is
deleted once the emerge completes ( naturally or not ). You should
suspend the emerge ( Ctrl+Z ) after config.log is created , but before
the emerge terminates , and go find the file.
 
On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 14:30 -0500, Nick Smith wrote:
> <quote who="Marc Redmann">
> > Hi Nick,
> >
> >> checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C
> >> compiler
> >> cannot create executables
> >
> > I had the same problem once. In my case it was a typo in the
> > CFLAGS variable
> > in make.conf. Double check that to make sure there is no typo in
> > your CFLAGS.
> >
> >> See `config.log' for more details.
> >
> > Have you checked the config.log, and if yes what does it say ???
> 
> i actually cant find the config.log file, where does it live?
> cause its not in /var/log and i have no locate command this
> early in the game...
> >
> > brgds, Marc
> >
> >
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