Unable to make asterisk 1.4; "/lib/cpp" fails sani

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this is a centos box running asterisk 1.2.14

[root@srv-pbx asterisk]# ./configure
checking build system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type… i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for uname… /bin/uname
checking for gcc… gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name… a.out
checking whether the C compiler works… yes
checking whether we are cross compiling… no
checking for suffix of executables…
checking for suffix of object files… o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler… yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g… yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89… none needed
checking for g++… no
checking for c++… no
checking for gpp… no
checking for aCC… no
checking for CC… no
checking for cxx… no
checking for cc++… no
checking for cl.exe… no
checking for FCC… no
checking for KCC… no
checking for RCC… no
checking for xlC_r… no
checking for xlC… no
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler… no
checking whether g++ accepts -g… no
checking how to run the C preprocessor… gcc -E
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor… /lib/cpp
configure: error: C++ preprocessor “/lib/cpp” fails sanity check
See config.log' for more details. [root@srv-pbx asterisk]# nano config.log checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of executables... checking for suffix of object files... o checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed checking for g++... no checking for c++... no checking for gpp... no checking for aCC... no checking for CC... no checking for cxx... no checking for cc++... no checking for cl.exe... no checking for FCC... no checking for KCC... no checking for RCC... no checking for xlC_r... no checking for xlC... no checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... no checking whether g++ accepts -g... no checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... /lib/cpp configure: error: C++ preprocessor "/lib/cpp" fails sanity check Seeconfig.log’ for more details.

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i have numerous of these in that config.log file

configure:4355: result: /lib/cpp
configure:4384: /lib/cpp conftest.cpp
cpp: installation problem, cannot exec cc1plus': No such file or directory configure:4390: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h. */ | #define PACKAGE_NAME "" | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "" | #define PACKAGE_VERSION "" | #define PACKAGE_STRING "" | #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "" | #define _GNU_SOURCE 1 | /* end confdefs.h. */ | #ifdef __STDC__ | # include <limits.h> | #else | # include <assert.h> | #endif | Syntax error configure:4384: /lib/cpp conftest.cpp cpp: installation problem, cannot execcc1plus’: No such file or directory
configure:4390: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h. /
| #define PACKAGE_NAME “”
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME “”
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION “”
| #define PACKAGE_STRING “”
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT “”
| #define _GNU_SOURCE 1
| / end confdefs.h. */
| #ifdef STDC
| # include <limits.h>
| #else
| # include <assert.h>
| #endif
| Syntax error
configure:4452: error: C++ preprocessor “/lib/cpp” fails sanity check
See `config.log’ for more details.

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you tried updating gcc-c++ ? you should be able to use any update manager you have configured to update/install.

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hey baconbuddie, yah i ran yum update in centos and it updated, and i also tried to yum upgrade that direct package, but it says nothing to be done…