configure doesn't recognize Linux

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 199902272000.VAA18940@peti.cys.de >you write:
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  > When building the latest snapshot (gathered via cvs a few moments
  > ago), the configure script fails on a dual-pentium Linux machine,
  > complaining that it can't figure out what kind of system this would
  > be.
  > 
  > Installed on the machine is a SUSE Linux (6.0 I think) and the uname
  > - -a string is:
  > 
  >   Linux monster 2.2.1 #2 SMP Mon Feb 22 23:36:39 CET 1999 i686 unknown
Can you run sh -x <srcdir>/config.guess and send us the output?

Thanks,
jeff