emacs 23.3a compile from source is broken on bog-standard Onieric Ocelot (installed yesterday):
./configure yields: checking for ... [snip] configure: checking the machine- and system-dependent files to find out - which libraries the lib-src programs will want, and - whether the GNU malloc routines are usable... checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no configure: error: crt*.o not found. Use --with-crt-dir to specify the location. Then - paulnath@paulnathlinux:~/temp/emacs-23.3$ gcc --print-file-name=crtn.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o paulnath@paulnathlinux:~/temp/emacs-23.3$ ./configure --with-crt-dir /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/ configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target configure: WARNING: invalid host type: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/ checking build system type... Invalid configuration `/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/': machine `/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64' not recognized configure: error: /bin/bash /home/paulnath/temp/emacs-23.3/config.sub /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/ failed paulnath@paulnathlinux:~/temp/emacs-23.3$ uname -a Linux paulnathlinux 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:56:25 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux --- g++ version Architecture: amd64 Source: gcc-defaults (1.107ubuntu5) Version: 4:4.6.1-2ubuntu5 --- libc6-dev Architecture: amd64 Source: eglibc Version: 2.13-20ubuntu5 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/746510 Title: FTBFS Emacs23.2 on Natty from multiarch implemented To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+bug/746510/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs