title: configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables?
body: <p>When I configured the Kannel softwre I got the following problem:</p>
  
  <pre><code>checking for C compiler default output file name...
  configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
  See `config.log' for more details.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The config.log file is as follows:</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 configure, which was
  generated by GNU Autoconf 2.62.  Invocation command line was
  
    $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/kannel
  
  ## --------- ##
  ## Platform. ##
  ## --------- ##
  
  hostname = sreeni9
  uname -m = i686
  uname -r = 1.7.1(0.218/5/3)
  uname -s = CYGWIN_NT-5.1
  uname -v = 2009-12-07 11:48
  
  /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
  /bin/uname -X     = unknown
  
  /bin/arch              = i686
  /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/local/bin
  PATH: /usr/bin
  PATH: /bin
  PATH: /cygdrive/c/WinAVR-20100110/bin
  PATH: /cygdrive/c/WinAVR-20100110/utils/bin
  PATH: /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32
  PATH: /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS
  PATH: /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem
  PATH: /cygdrive/c/WinAVR-20100110/avr/bin
  PATH: /cygdrive/c/WinAVR-20100110/utils/bin
  PATH: /cygdrive/c/WinAVR-20100110/bin
  PATH: /usr/bin
  PATH: /cygdrive/c/libxml2-2.6.30+.win32/bin
  PATH: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_16/bin
  PATH: .
  
  
  ## ----------- ##
  ## Core tests. ##
  ## ----------- ##
  
  configure:2053: checking build system type
  configure:2071: result: i686-pc-cygwin
  configure:2093: checking host system type
  configure:2108: result: i686-pc-cygwin
  configure:2180: checking for gcc
  configure:2196: found /cygdrive/c/WinAVR-20100110/avr/bin/gcc
  configure:2207: result: gcc
  configure:2445: checking for C compiler version
  configure:2453: gcc --version &gt;&amp;5
  gcc.exe (WinAVR 20100110) 4.3.3
  Copyright (C) 2008 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:2457: $? = 0
  configure:2464: gcc -v &gt;&amp;5
  Using built-in specs.
  Target: avr
  Configured with: ../gcc-4.3.3/configure --enable-win32-registry=WinAVR-20100110 --with-gmp=/usr/local --with-mpfr=/usr/local --prefix=/c/WinAVR --target=avr --enable-languages=c,c++,objc --with-dwarf2 --enable-doc --disable-shared --disable-libada --disable-libssp --disable-nls --with-pkgversion='WinAVR 20100110' --with-bugurl='URL:http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=520074&amp;group_id=68108&amp;func=browse'
  Thread model: single
  gcc version 4.3.3 (WinAVR 20100110) 
  configure:2468: $? = 0
  configure:2475: gcc -V &gt;&amp;5
  gcc.exe: '-V' option must have argument
  configure:2479: $? = 1
  configure:2502: checking for C compiler default output file name
  configure:2524: gcc    conftest.c  &gt;&amp;5
  
  This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
  Please contact the application's support team for more information.
  configure:2528: $? = 3
  configure:2566: result: 
  configure: failed program was:
  | /* confdefs.h.  */
  | #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
  | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
  | #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
  | #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
  | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
  | #define GW_NAME "Kannel"
  | #define GW_VERSION "1.4.3"
  | #define VERSION "1.4.3"
  | /* end confdefs.h.  */
  | 
  | int
  | main ()
  | {
  | 
  |   ;
  |   return 0;
  | }
  configure:2573: error: C compiler cannot create executables
  See `config.log' for more details.
  
  ## ---------------- ##
  ## Cache variables. ##
  ## ---------------- ##
  
  ac_cv_build=i686-pc-cygwin
  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_CPP_set=
  ac_cv_env_CPP_value=
  ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
  ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
  ac_cv_env_LIBS_set=
  ac_cv_env_LIBS_value=
  ac_cv_env_YACC_set=
  ac_cv_env_YACC_value=
  ac_cv_env_YFLAGS_set=
  ac_cv_env_YFLAGS_value=
  ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
  ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
  ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
  ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
  ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
  ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
  ac_cv_host=i686-pc-cygwin
  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC=gcc
  
  ## ----------------- ##
  ## Output variables. ##
  ## ----------------- ##
  
  AR=''
  CC='gcc'
  CFLAGS=''
  CONVERT=''
  CPP=''
  CPPFLAGS=''
  DEFS=''
  DOCDRAFTS=''
  DOCSTARGET=''
  DVIPS=''
  ECHO_C=''
  ECHO_N='-n'
  ECHO_T=''
  EGREP=''
  EXEEXT=''
  EXE_EXT=''
  FIG2DEV=''
  GREP=''
  GW_VERSION=''
  HTML_DSL=''
  INSTALL_DATA=''
  INSTALL_PROGRAM=''
  INSTALL_SCRIPT=''
  JADE=''
  JADETEX=''
  LDFLAGS=''
  LEX=''
  LEXLIB=''
  LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT=''
  LIBOBJS=''
  LIBS=''
  LIBTOOL=''
  LTLIBOBJS=''
  MYSQL_CONFIG=''
  OBJEXT=''
  OPENSSL=''
  PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
  PACKAGE_NAME=''
  PACKAGE_STRING=''
  PACKAGE_TARNAME=''
  PACKAGE_VERSION=''
  PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
  PCRE_CONFIG=''
  PDFJADETEX=''
  PERL=''
  PGSQL_CONFIG=''
  PKGADD_NAME='Kannel - WAP and SMS gateway'
  PKGADD_PKG='KANNELgateway'
  PKGADD_VENDOR='www.kannel.org'
  RANLIB=''
  SDB_CONFIG=''
  SHELL='/bin/sh'
  SIZEOF_INT=''
  SIZEOF_LONG=''
  SIZEOF_LONG_LONG=''
  SIZEOF_SHORT=''
  SQLITE3=''
  SQLITE=''
  STARTSTOPDAEMONSRC=''
  SUFFIX=''
  TEX_DSL=''
  VERSION='1.4.3'
  XML_CONFIG=''
  YACC=''
  YFLAGS=''
  ac_ct_CC='gcc'
  bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
  build='i686-pc-cygwin'
  build_alias=''
  build_cpu='i686'
  build_os='cygwin'
  build_vendor='pc'
  datadir='${datarootdir}'
  datarootdir='${prefix}/share'
  docdir='${prefix}/share/doc/kannel'
  dvidir='${docdir}'
  exec_prefix='NONE'
  host='i686-pc-cygwin'
  host_alias=''
  host_cpu='i686'
  host_os='cygwin'
  host_vendor='pc'
  htmldir='${docdir}'
  includedir='${prefix}/include'
  infodir='${datarootdir}/info'
  libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
  libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
  localedir='${datarootdir}/locale'
  localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
  mandir='${datarootdir}/man'
  oldincludedir='/usr/include'
  pdfdir='${docdir}'
  prefix='/usr/local/kannel'
  program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
  psdir='${docdir}'
  sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
  sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
  sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
  target_alias=''
  
  ## ----------- ##
  ## confdefs.h. ##
  ## ----------- ##
  
  #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
  #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
  #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
  #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
  #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
  #define GW_NAME "Kannel"
  #define GW_VERSION "1.4.3"
  #define VERSION "1.4.3"
  
  configure: exit 77
  </code></pre>