autoconf question

John Ellson ellson at research.att.com
Tue Dec 13 23:38:50 UTC 2005


Paul wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Using an x86_64 box here. Any time I run ./configure (or ./autogen.sh),
> the script reports the build as x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu instead of the
> more familiar x86-redhat-linux-gnu (as seen on 32 bit machines).
>
> Anyone know the the cause of this and if a fix is on the way?
>
> TTFN
>
> Paul
>   
On my i686 boxes ./configure says:

    i686-pc-linux-gnu

I confirm that on my AMD X2 it says:
   
    x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu


Perhaps its just too demeaning to call an X2 a "pc" ;-)




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