> One could probably easily use $Date$ or $Revision$ from CVS for arranging
> this. The problem, however, is that config.guess is nowadays neither
> forward nor backward compatible and it's becoming increasingly difficult
> to keep track of what it is supposed to print. Just a few weeks ago it
> printed i586-pc-linux-gnu for this machine. Now this happens:
It is my intention to correct this in the near future--I realise it's a
problem.
> I wonder, is there some sort "release" of these config tools I should be
> using for "production" work?
Yes. The latest version (yes, I know, it's hard to identify!) can be
fetched via FTP from ftp.gnu.org:/gnu/config/config.{guess,sub}.
> PS: And I'll bet lunch that no longer differentiating elf and non-elf
> freebsd (as of a week ago) is going to break something.
You'll need to talk to [EMAIL PROTECTED] about that (Cc'ed).
Cheers, Ben