Re: 7.1.3 fails to configure on Solaris 2.7

"Henry B. Hotz" <hotz(at)jpl(dot)nasa(dot)gov> writes:
> configure: failed program was:
> #line 6802 "configure"
> #include "confdefs.h"
> int main() { return 0; }

> I can put those 3 lines in a file and use those gcc options and it
> compiles just fine thank you.

But does it *execute*? And return zero status?

The usual cause of this sort of problem is messed-up shared library
linkage (eg, LD_LIBRARY_PATH different from linker's search path),
which doesn't show up till you try to execute the program.
That's what the test is there to catch.

regards, tom lane