>>>> "sb" == SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org>
writes:
sb> Kevin Oberman <oberman(a)es.net> writes in xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
>> ./configure
> checking host system type... alphaev56-dec-osf4.0c
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking the configuration name
> Invalid configuration `alphaev56-dec-osf4.0c': machine `alphaev56-dec' not
recognized
> Unfortunately, while config.guess has been modified for this,
> configure has not been modified to accept this. Did a patch get lost
> here?
sb> Uh oh. Martin sent me an updated config.guess and I added it. I
sb> think other things being equal, it better be backed out of 21.0.
Don't do that. Try this instead:
--- configure.in.old
+++ configure.in
@@ -1019,7 +1006,7 @@
dnl Straightforward machine determination
case "$canonical" in
sparc-*-* ) machine=sparc ;;
- alpha-*-* ) machine=alpha ;;
+ alpha*-*-* ) machine=alpha ;;
vax-*-* ) machine=vax ;;
mips-dec-* ) machine=pmax ;;
mips-sgi-* ) machine=iris4d ;;
There are now several alpha variants, all equivalent as far as XEmacs
is concerned. Only gcc cares about the differences, like 486 vs. 586.
Martin