gpc-4.1 version 2.1-4.1.2-29ubuntu2 failed to build on i386

[Matthias Klose]

gpc-4.1 version 2.1-4.1.2-29ubuntu2 failed to build on i386
Link to failed build: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110329/+buildjob/2394405

Direct link to the build log: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/test-rebuild-20110329/+buildjob/2394405/+files/buildlog_ubuntu-natty-i386.gpc-4.1_2.1-4.1.2-29ubuntu2_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz

This log snippet might be of interest, since it triggered the matcher 'Purging chroot-autobuild'.
Excerpt 3757 lines into the build log:

  ../src/configure -v --enable-languages=c,pascal --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.1.3 --program-suffix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --disable-libmudflap --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release i686-linux-gnu
creating cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... gcc-4.1
checking whether the C compiler (gcc-4.1 -g -O2 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.
make[1]: *** [stamps/04-configure-stamp] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/gpc-4.1-2.1-4.1.2'
make: *** [stamps/04-configure-stamp] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2
******************************************************************************
Build finished at 20110408-2000
FAILED [dpkg-buildpackage died]
Purging chroot-autobuild/build/buildd/gpc-4.1-2.1-4.1.2