On Fri August 21 2009 12:05:28 puneet sharma wrote:
> On 8/21/09, Michael Wood <esiotrot_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > ar is an archiving tool of sorts, yes. It is used for packaging a
> > bunch of .o (object) files into a static library on Unix. The GNU
> > toolchain includes it with the assembler (as or gas), linker (ld or
> > gld) amongst other things.
>
> Daniel/Michael, thanks for help. I have pointed the ar to the correct path
> in my environment. Now i have moved to the point where configure fails to
> guess the build type.
> ==========================================
> config.guess timestamp = 2009-04-27
>
> uname -m = Intel Pentium ☺
> uname -r = version 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600) ☺
> uname -s = Microsoft Windows XP Workstation ☺
> uname -v = unknown ☺
>
> /usr/bin/uname -p = x86 ☺
> /bin/uname -X =
>
> hostinfo =
> /bin/universe =
> /usr/bin/arch -k =
> /bin/arch =
> /usr/bin/oslevel =
> /usr/convex/getsysinfo =
>
> UNAME_MACHINE = Intel Pentium
> UNAME_RELEASE = version 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
> UNAME_SYSTEM = Microsoft Windows XP Workstation
> UNAME_VERSION = unknown
> configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one
> ==========================================
>
> what option should i set?

--build= and perhaps --host= (assuming you have the appropriate development
tools and libraries installed on your system)
Received on 2009-08-21