apt also doesn't build on big endian mips (arch name mips).
Same problem as on mipsel: "checking system architecture... configure:
error: failed: use --host="
Possible solution: patch against apt-0.3.18:
--- ./buildlib/config.guess.orig Mon Apr 3 20:11:23 2000
+++ ./buildlib/config.guess Mon Apr 3 20:10:38 2000
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@
echo "${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-linux-gnuaout" ; exit 0
elif echo "$ld_help_string" | grep >/dev/null 2>&1 "supported
emulations: elf32ppc"; then
echo "powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu" ; exit 0
+ elif echo "$ld_help_string" | grep >/dev/null 2>&1 "supported
emulations: elf32bmip"; then
+ echo "${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-linux-gnu" ; exit 0
elif test "${UNAME_MACHINE}" = "alpha" ; then
echo alpha-unknown-linux-gnu ; exit 0
elif test "${UNAME_MACHINE}" = "sparc" ; then
--- ./buildlib/archtable.orig Mon Apr 3 20:09:24 2000
+++ ./buildlib/archtable Mon Apr 3 20:09:39 2000
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@
armv4l arm arm
powerpc powerpc powerpc
ppc powerpc powerpc
+mips mips mips
mipsel mipsel mipsel
hppa1.1 hppa hppa
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