I don't know for sure but had the same problem after I upgraded to gcc 2.95
from egcs 1.1.2. I ran configure with --host=i586-pc-linux-gnu and it worked
fine. I never got this message again, and now use gcc 2.95.1 (is 2.96 out?).
On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 12:32:26PM +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote:
> Hi !
>
> After upgrading from GCC-2.7.2.3 to 2.96, the Mutt configure-script
> exits with
>
> can not guess host type: you must specify one
>
> After switching back to GCC-2.7.2.3, it works again.
>
> Does anybody know where configure gets this "host system type"
> (which says "i586-pc-linux-gnu") ?
>
> GCC-2.96 is installed properly, I can compile anything else,
> and also the kernel compiles without problems.
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