consider updating autotool scripts
Hello, I'm from the ArchRISC-V Team, an effort to port Arch Linux to RISC-V architecture.
While porting exempi, during the configure step we experienced an error:
checking build system type... ./config.guess: unable to guess system type
This script, last modified 2009-11-20, 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
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD
and
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD
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 <config-patches@gnu.org> in order to provide the needed
information to handle your system.
config.guess timestamp = 2009-11-20
uname -m = riscv64
uname -r = 5.18.7-arch1-1
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:22:01 +0000
/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X =
hostinfo =
/bin/universe =
/usr/bin/arch -k =
/bin/arch =
/usr/bin/oslevel =
/usr/convex/getsysinfo =
UNAME_MACHINE = riscv64
UNAME_RELEASE = 5.18.7-arch1-1
UNAME_SYSTEM = Linux
UNAME_VERSION = #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:22:01 +0000
configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one
It's been verified that running autoreconf -fiv
in the project root directory resolves the problem.
We have updated our build script to run autoreconf
, to make configure script updated, when packaging exempi,
but as part of our duty, we do suggest our upstreams do this once and for all instead.
Thanks :)