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my compiler won' t let me configure. This is what occurs when I type ./configure

Alex@BADPERSON /postgresql-7.2.1
$ ./configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking which template to use... win
checking whether to build with locale support... no
checking whether to build with recode support... no
checking whether to build with multibyte character support... no
checking whether NLS is wanted... no
checking for default port number... 5432
checking for default soft limit on number of connections... 32
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH

I am running cygwin on windows XP

Alex@BADPERSON /postgresql-7.2.1
$ uname -spmr
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.3.10(0.51/3/2) i686 unknown

How can i fix this cc error?

Looks like it can not find the cc command in any path that is listed in the $PATH variable.

Type in:

"echo $PATH" and see what directories are being searched for the command.

i got gcc from ftp://mirrors.laffeycomputer.com/pub...ses/index.html

however, when i type ./configure after extracting and bunzip2ing the file, i get

Alex@BADPERSON /gcc-3.0
$ ./configure
Configuring for a i686-pc-cygwin host.
*** This configuration is not supported in the following subdirectories:
target-libffi target-boehm-gc target-zlib target-libjava
(Any other directories should still work fine.)
Created "Makefile" in /gcc-3.0 using "mh-frag"
cc: not found
*** The command 'cc -o conftest -g conftest.c' failed.
*** You must set the environment variable CC to a working compiler.

when i type echo $PATH, i get
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/d/Perl/bin/:/cygdrive/c/PROGRA~1/Kerberos
:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS:/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32/W
bem:/cygdrive/c/matlabr12/bin/win32:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Symantec/pcAnywher
e/

does anyone know how i can get gcc to work for cygwin, why the hell cygwin doesn't include a compiler with it's download and installation, and how to solve the cc problem

Use the Cygwin installer from http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/ Choose "gcc" and the install program which ensure that you get all the dependancies.