Re: error: can not run ./config.sub

[David Burg]

Hello,

Sorry for the HTML, I'm bit surprised since Outlook is set (I just checked
it again !!) to send plain text....

Yes I'm using AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM and I will get theses two files you
indicate me.

Thanks,

David.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Van Holder" <address@hidden>
To: "David Burg" <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: error: can not run ./config.sub


> First off, please don't post in HTML.  It's rude.
>
> > bash-2.04# autoconf
> > bash-2.04# configure
> > creating cache ./config.cache
> > configure: error: can not run ./config.sub
>
> You're probably using AC_CANONICAL_HOST or a related macro.
> These require the config.guess and config.sub scripts to guess
> the host system, and canonicalize its name, respectively.
> This means that config.guess, when run, would spit out a
> canonical host triplet (say, 'i386-pc-linux-gnu'), while
> config.sub, when run with the parameter 'next' would spit
> out 'm68k-next-nextstep3' (or 'i386-pc-linux-gnu' if passed
> 'i386-linux').
> These files aren't installed by autoscan (maybe they should be?).
> You should be able to get the latest version of these scripts
> (they're updated regularly) on any GNU FTP mirror (they're in
> gnu/config); alternatively, you can find them in any automake
> distribution (if you use automake as well, running automake -a
> should even install them in your source tree).
>
>