[parisc-linux] Compiling source packages

[parisc-linux] Compiling source packages

[James S]

i've downloaded a few source packages & have hit the same problem with most
of them

bear with me, i'm not that up to speed on compilers etc.....

i follow the instructions to the letter & when i do the 'make' part, i get
the following....



checking host system type... Invalid configuration
'parisc-unknown-linux-gnu': machine 'parisc-unknown' not recognized

checking build system type... Invalid configuration
'parisc-unknown-linux-gnu': machine 'parisc-unknown' not recognized


and then further on...


loading cache ./config.cache within ltconfig
ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use --no-verify'
Try 'ltconfig --help' for more information.
configure: error: libtool configure failed


from what i can see, it seems that the compile is failing because it doesnt
know about the machine type - is there any way i can fix this by making the
system type 'linux'  or something similar ?



Thanks

James S

Re: [parisc-linux] Compiling source packages

[John David Anglin]

> checking host system type... Invalid configuration
> 'parisc-unknown-linux-gnu': machine 'parisc-unknown' not recognized

Some source packages have old versions of the file config.guess which
can cause this type of problem.  When you configure, use "--host=hppa-linux".
More package recognize this.  If this doesn't work, you can replace
config.guess with a newer version (e.g., from gcc) and hope this works.

Dave
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Re: [parisc-linux] Compiling source packages

[Randolph Chung]

In reference to a message from James S, dated Feb 28:
> i've downloaded a few source packages & have hit the same problem with most
> of them

this is a common problem, that the upstream sources have
config.{guess,sub} files that are outdated and do not recognize some of
the newer architectures. on a debian system, if you have, for example,
automake installed (apt-get install automake) you can copy newer
config.guess/sub files from /usr/share/automake/config.*

Alternatively, you can get the latest and greatest from
http://subversions.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/config/config/

randolph
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Re: [parisc-linux] Compiling source packages

[James S]

thanks - the source package did indeed have an old (2000) config.guess

i copied a newer one over it & its compiling away 


James S

Re: [parisc-linux] Compiling source packages

[Bdale Garbee]

randolph@tausq.org (Randolph Chung) writes:

The Debian package that delivers up-to-date config.* files is autotools-dev.

Bdale