./configure error

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2004, David A. Bandel wrote:
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>On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 00:57:12 -0500
>Joel Hammer <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:
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>> I am trying to configure the newer version of imagemagick.
>> 
>> This is the error I get.
>> 
>> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no
>> checking whether g++ accepts -g... no
>> checking dependency style of g++... none
>> checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp
>> configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
>> 
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>get a shrink?
>
>sorry, couldn't resist.  Try installing gcc and g++ and its
>dependencies.  If you have that, you might wipe out your configure
>script and run autoconf then ./configure.

Examine the config.log file in that directory.  This file contains details
of the configure process which can be very useful in cases like this.

Bill
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