./configure failing on limits.h

[Michael Hipp]

Net Llama! wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005, Michael Hipp wrote:
> 
>>I'm trying to compile a package from source on a FC3 machine. I'm stuck
>>at the ./configure step where it says:
>>
>>configure:5525: error: C preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check
>>See `config.log' for more details.
>>
>>In config.log I find this that seems to be the problem:
>>
>>|                    Syntax error
>>configure:5450: /lib/cpp  conftest.c
>>In file included from
>>/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/include/syslimits.h:7,
>>                  from
>>/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/include/limits.h:11,
>>                  from conftest.c:15:
>>/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/include/limits.h:122:61: limits.h:
>>No such file or directory
>>
>>But the limits.h file is there and with normal perms. Any thoughts on
>>what could be causing this?
> 
> 
> What is it that you're trying to build?

http://freshmeat.net/projects/datreader/

It reads and dumps old DOS Clarion database files. I'm hoping to mod this 
package and use it to read them in real time. But the author offered no 
installation instructions so I'm flying by instruments.

> After a bit of googling, this sounds like it might be relevant:
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.os.linux.slackware/browse_thread/thread/4d5a7235623cb275/1bac48361bf93b7f?q=limits.h+%22C+preprocessor+%22%2Flib%2Fcpp%22+fails+sanity+check%22&_done=%2Fgroups%3Fas_q%3Dlimits.h%26as_epq%3DC+preprocessor+%22%2Flib%2Fcpp%22+fails+sanity+check%26safe%3Doff%26lr%3D%26num%3D50%26hl%3Den%26&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d#1bac48361bf93b7f

Yes. That looks like the answer. Looks like I'm missing a -devel package in 
either the kernel or libc. I'll look around.

Thank you,
Michael