On 12 March 2006 at 22:52, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
| Package: gsl
| Version: 1.7-4
| Severity: wishlist
| 
| The config.* files your packages uses to determine the host system are
| quite old.  For example, it doesn't recognize mips64.  While this is
| not a problem right now since we don't have such a Debian port, your
| config.* files are also too old to recognize a number of other systems
| - ports people are currently working on, such as powerpc64 and
| GNU/k*BSD.  Therefore, please update your config.* files.

Sure thing, will do, and possibly also sending them upstream (and I hence CC
Brian Gough right night now).

But what do you suggest as the best current source?  The most recent
automake?  A particular automake?

Thanks, Dirk
| 
| 
| > Automatic build of gsl_1.7-4 on bigsur by sbuild/mips 1.94
| ...
| > checking build system type... ./config.guess: unable to guess system type
| > 
| > This script, last modified 2002-10-21, has failed to recognize
| > the operating system you are using. It is advised that you
| > download the most up to date version of the config scripts from
| > 
| >     ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/config/
| > 
| > If the version you run (./config.guess) is already up to date, please
| > send the following data and any information you think might be
| > pertinent to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in order to provide the needed
| > information to handle your system.
| > 
| > config.guess timestamp = 2002-10-21
| > 
| > uname -m = mips64
| > uname -r = 2.6.16-rc5
| > uname -s = Linux
| > uname -v = #8 SMP Thu Mar 2 15:19:49 GMT 2006
| > 
| > /usr/bin/uname -p = 
| > /bin/uname -X     = 
| > 
| > hostinfo               = 
| > /bin/universe          = 
| > /usr/bin/arch -k       = 
| > /bin/arch              = mips64
| > /usr/bin/oslevel       = 
| > /usr/convex/getsysinfo = 
| > 
| > UNAME_MACHINE = mips64
| > UNAME_RELEASE = 2.6.16-rc5
| > UNAME_SYSTEM  = Linux
| > UNAME_VERSION = #8 SMP Thu Mar 2 15:19:49 GMT 2006
| > configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one
| > make: *** [configure-stamp] Error 1
| 
| -- 
| Martin Michlmayr
| http://www.cyrius.com/
| 

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