I *can* compile Mailman on Trustix 1.2 as root. I can't as any other user. richpav@academy-if /tmp/mailman-2.0.3+J1$ ./configure loading cache ./config.cache checking for --with-python... no checking for python... (cached) /usr/bin/python checking Python interpreter... /usr/bin/python checking Python version... 1.5.2 checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes checking for true... (cached) /bin/true checking for --without-gcc... no checking for gcc... (cached) gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables. My first guess was that gcc's permissions are too restrictive, but that doesn't appear to be the case. -rwxr-xr-x 2 root root 84124 Nov 28 02:41 /usr/bin/gcc* cpp looks OK too. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 113052 Nov 28 02:41 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-trustix-linux/2.95.2/cpp* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 48 Mar 6 23:59 /lib/cpp -> ../usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-trustix-linux/2.95.2/cpp* Obviously glib-devel is installed, otherwise I wouldn't be able to compile as root. I checked all the files in gcc and gcc-c++ RPMS, and all executable files are executable by owner, group and everyone. (rpm -ql gcc | xargs ls -l | less) If I can only compile as root, can I fix the problem by changing the ownership of some of the files in /home/mailman afterwards? I tried chown -R mailman /home/mailman but that broke it completely. Thanks, Rich ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users