title: ARM compiler with autoconf
body: <p>I am trying to compile some files for ARM architecture with autoconf. I am compiling them in Ubuntu 12.04 and the target system is a BeagleBoard XM.
  I run the following command: </p>
  
  <pre><code>./configure --host=arm-linux-gnueabi -prefix=${CSTOOL_DIR}/linux_arm_tool
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and get this result:</p>
  
  <pre><code>configure: WARNING: if you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host.
  If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used
  checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
  checking whether build environment is sane... yes
  checking for arm-linux-gnueabi-strip... arm-linux-gnueabi-strip   
  checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
  checking for gawk... no
  checking for mawk... mawk
  checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
  checking for arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc... arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
  checking whether the C compiler works... no
  configure: error: in `/home/edgar/Desktop/smartsantander/commserver':
  configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
  See `config.log' for more details
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And here is the config.log file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
  running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
  
  It was created by commserver configure 3.2, which was
  generated by GNU Autoconf 2.68.  Invocation command line was
  
    $ ../configure --target=i686-pc-linux-gnu --host=arm-linux-gnueabi --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu -prefix=/linux_arm_tool
  
  ## --------- ##
  ## Platform. ##
  ## --------- ##
  
  hostname = ear-it
  uname -m = i686
  uname -r = 3.5.0-27-generic
  uname -s = Linux
  uname -v = #46~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 26 19:33:56 UTC 2013
  
  /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
  /bin/uname -X     = unknown
  
  /bin/arch              = unknown
  /usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
  /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
  /usr/bin/hostinfo      = unknown
  /bin/machine           = unknown
  /usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
  /bin/universe          = unknown
  
  PATH: /usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm
  PATH: /usr/local/sbin
  PATH: /usr/local/bin
  PATH: /usr/sbin
  PATH: /usr/bin
  PATH: /sbin
  PATH: /bin
  PATH: /usr/games
  PATH: /home/ear-it/Desktop/arm-2008q3/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin
  PATH: /home/ear-it/Desktop/arm-2008q3/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin/
  
  
  ## ----------- ##
  ## Core tests. ##
  ## ----------- ##
  
  configure:1801: checking for a BSD-compatible install
  configure:1869: result: /usr/bin/install -c
  configure:1880: checking whether build environment is sane
  configure:1930: result: yes
  configure:1979: checking for arm-linux-gnueabi-strip
  configure:1995: found /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-strip
  configure:2006: result: arm-linux-gnueabi-strip
  configure:2071: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p
  configure:2110: result: /bin/mkdir -p
  configure:2123: checking for gawk
  configure:2153: result: no
  configure:2123: checking for mawk
  configure:2139: found /usr/bin/mawk
  configure:2150: result: mawk
  configure:2161: checking whether make sets $(MAKE)
  configure:2183: result: yes
  configure:2272: checking for arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
  configure:2288: found /usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
  configure:2299: result: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
  configure:2568: checking for C compiler version
  configure:2577: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc --version &gt;&amp;5
  arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3
  Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
  warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  
  configure:2588: $? = 0
  configure:2577: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -v &gt;&amp;5
  Using built-in specs.
  COLLECT_GCC=arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
  COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabi/4.6/lto-wrapper
  Target: arm-linux-gnueabi
  Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.6/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.6 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/include/c++/4.6.3 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --enable-multilib --disable-sjlj-exceptions --with-arch=armv7-a --with-float=softfp --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-mode=thumb --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --build=i686-linux-gnu --host=i686-linux-gnu --target=arm-linux-gnueabi --program-prefix=arm-linux-gnueabi- --includedir=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/include --with-headers=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/include --with-libs=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib
  Thread model: posix
  gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 
  configure:2588: $? = 0
  configure:2577: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -V &gt;&amp;5
  arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc: fatal error: no input files
  compilation terminated.
  configure:2588: $? = 4
  configure:2577: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -qversion &gt;&amp;5
  arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc: fatal error: no input files
  compilation terminated.
  configure:2588: $? = 4
  configure:2608: checking whether the C compiler works
  configure:2630: arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc -O3 -m32 -s -w   conftest.c  &gt;&amp;5
  cc1: error: unrecognized command line option '-m32'
  configure:2634: $? = 1
  configure:2672: result: no
  configure: failed program was:
  | /* confdefs.h */
  | #define PACKAGE_NAME "commserver"
  | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "commserver"
  | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "3.2"
  | #define PACKAGE_STRING "commserver 3.2"
  | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
  | #define PACKAGE_URL ""
  | #define PACKAGE "commserver"
  | #define VERSION "3.2"
  | /* end confdefs.h.  */
  | 
  | int
  | main ()
  | {
  | 
  |   ;
  |   return 0;
  | }
  configure:2677: error: in `/home/ear-it/Desktop/smartsantander/commserver/build':
  configure:2679: error: C compiler cannot create executables
  See `config.log' for more details
  
  ## ---------------- ##
  ## Cache variables. ##
  ## ---------------- ##
  
  ac_cv_env_CC_set=
  ac_cv_env_CC_value=
  ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=
  ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=
  ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=
  ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=
  ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
  ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
  ac_cv_env_LIBS_set=
  ac_cv_env_LIBS_value=
  ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=set
  ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=i686-pc-linux-gnu
  ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=set
  ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=arm-linux-gnueabi
  ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=set
  ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=i686-pc-linux-gnu
  ac_cv_path_install='/usr/bin/install -c'
  ac_cv_path_mkdir=/bin/mkdir
  ac_cv_prog_AWK=mawk
  ac_cv_prog_CC=arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
  ac_cv_prog_STRIP=arm-linux-gnueabi-strip
  ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=yes
  
  ## ----------------- ##
  ## Output variables. ##
  ## ----------------- ##
  
  ACLOCAL='${SHELL} /home/ear-it/Desktop/smartsantander/commserver/missing --run aclocal-1.11'
  AMDEPBACKSLASH=''
  AMDEP_FALSE=''
  AMDEP_TRUE=''
  AMTAR='$${TAR-tar}'
  AUTOCONF='${SHELL} /home/ear-it/Desktop/smartsantander/commserver/missing --run autoconf'
  AUTOHEADER='${SHELL} /home/ear-it/Desktop/smartsantander/commserver/missing --run autoheader'
  AUTOMAKE='${SHELL} /home/ear-it/Desktop/smartsantander/commserver/missing --run automake-1.11'
  AWK='mawk'
  CC='arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc'
  CCDEPMODE=''
  CFLAGS='-O3 -m32 -s -w'
  CPPFLAGS=''
  CYGPATH_W='echo'
  DEFS=''
  DEPDIR=''
  ECHO_C=''
  ECHO_N='-n'
  ECHO_T=''
  EXEEXT=''
  INSTALL_DATA='${INSTALL} -m 644'
  INSTALL_PROGRAM='${INSTALL}'
  INSTALL_SCRIPT='${INSTALL}'
  INSTALL_STRIP_PROGRAM='$(install_sh) -c -s'
  LDFLAGS=''
  LIBOBJS=''
  LIBS=''
  LTLIBOBJS=''
  MAKEINFO='${SHELL} /home/ear-it/Desktop/smartsantander/commserver/missing --run makeinfo'
  MKDIR_P='/bin/mkdir -p'
  OBJEXT=''
  PACKAGE='commserver'
  PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
  PACKAGE_NAME='commserver'
  PACKAGE_STRING='commserver 3.2'
  PACKAGE_TARNAME='commserver'
  PACKAGE_URL=''
  PACKAGE_VERSION='3.2'
  PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
  SET_MAKE=''
  SHELL='/bin/bash'
  STRIP='arm-linux-gnueabi-strip'
  VERSION='3.2'
  ac_ct_CC=''
  am__EXEEXT_FALSE=''
  am__EXEEXT_TRUE=''
  am__fastdepCC_FALSE=''
  am__fastdepCC_TRUE=''
  am__include=''
  am__isrc=' -I$(srcdir)'
  am__leading_dot='.'
  am__nodep=''
  am__quote=''
  am__tar='$${TAR-tar} chof - "$$tardir"'
  am__untar='$${TAR-tar} xf -'
  bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
  build_alias='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
  datadir='${datarootdir}'
  datarootdir='${prefix}/share'
  docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE_TARNAME}'
  dvidir='${docdir}'
  exec_prefix='NONE'
  host_alias='arm-linux-gnueabi'
  htmldir='${docdir}'
  includedir='${prefix}/include'
  infodir='${datarootdir}/info'
  install_sh='${SHELL} /home/ear-it/Desktop/smartsantander/commserver/install-sh'
  libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
  libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
  localedir='${datarootdir}/locale'
  localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
  mandir='${datarootdir}/man'
  mkdir_p='/bin/mkdir -p'
  oldincludedir='/usr/include'
  pdfdir='${docdir}'
  prefix='/linux_arm_tool'
  program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
  psdir='${docdir}'
  sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
  sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
  sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
  target_alias='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
  
  ## ----------- ##
  ## confdefs.h. ##
  ## ----------- ##
  
  /* confdefs.h */
  #define PACKAGE_NAME "commserver"
  #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "commserver"
  #define PACKAGE_VERSION "3.2"
  #define PACKAGE_STRING "commserver 3.2"
  #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
  #define PACKAGE_URL ""
  #define PACKAGE "commserver"
  #define VERSION "3.2"
  
  configure: exit 77
  </code></pre>