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Re: [Fwd: configure issues: can not guess host type]
- To: Velma Dinkley <mathpup at onramp dot net>
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: configure issues: can not guess host type]
- From: Philipp Thomas <pthomas at suse dot de>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 19:38:24 +0100
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- References: <3875E059.36E441E0@onramp.net>
* Velma Dinkley (mathpup@onramp.net) [20000107 13:50]:
> Using SuSE 6.3, the initial install by default uses egcs, I believe.
Yes, SuSE Linux 6.3 comes with egcs 1.1.2.
> This is probably not a bug, but rather just something that comes up in
> the process. However, it seems to be affecting a lot of people, based on
> my searches through Deja News for a solution.
The IMO easiest way is telling configure to use gcc, i.e.
'CC=gcc ./configure'
> Unfortunately, I didn't see any solutions to the problem (other than
> providing the host name manually), and many people's response in the
> newsgroups seemed to be inaccurate.
> So this might make a good addition to the FAQ.
Well, how about you sending in a patch to add this ? ;-)
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