id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,resolution,keywords,cc,os,architecture,failure,difficulty,testcase,blockedby,blocking,related
3567,Configure script looks for ld too early,simonpj,igloo,"Because of #3565, I tried moving `c:/mingw` out of the way.  But now 'configure' falls over saying
{{{
checking for ld... no
configure: error: cannot find ld in your PATH, no idea how to link
}}}
This is because 'configure' checks for ld before doing any of the mingw-tar-ball-unpacking stuff.  (Somehow the treatment of `gcc`, just before, is different.)

This is a show-stopper
 * because of #3565 the build fails if I have c:/mingw
 * because of the above, the configure fails if I don't have c:/mingw

It'd be best to fix this before #3565; then people can at least make progress by moving c:/mingw to something else.

Thanks

Simon",bug,closed,normal,6.12.1,Compiler,6.10.4,fixed,,,Unknown/Multiple,Unknown/Multiple,,Unknown,,,,