guessing the system

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Aug 21, 2000, Robert Schweikert <rjschwei@mindspring.com> wrote:

> checking host system type... configure: error: can not guess host type;
> you must specify one

Sometimes, this means GCC is mis-installed, to the point that the
compiler driver (gcc) can't find the preprocessor or the actual C
compiler (cc1).  Try to compile something yourself, and see what
gives.

Another possibility is that config.guess may be attempting to use `cc'
instead of `gcc'.  I often set CC=gcc in my environment, so that
config.guess always uses gcc.

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