Thomas Kunert wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> config.guess refuses to guess the system type on some of my machines
> here. All of them are i?86-unknown-linux-gnu. That configuration seems
> to be missing in the script. It's not a big deal, I tell it the
> configuration manually. But what do I have config.guess for, then?
>
> Regards,
> Thomas
Time once again for my favorite rant:
The problem is two fold. First, your C compiler is not
properly installed. When it is not, config.guess runs
the loader program requesting help. It parses the help
output and determines which of many systems it may be
running on. However, it specifically refuses to recognize
the strings that identify ix86-Linux, though it does
detect other Linux platforms. The fix is trivial. I
supplied it over a year ago. Autoconf folk have refused
to apply. It is not a GCC problem. :-(
