Re: config.guess and config.sub don't work properly when specifying CC

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hello Nicolas,

* Nicolas Bock wrote on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 08:41:35PM CET:
> on Ubuntu 8.04 I find that if I specify CC when I run configure, the
> configure script dies when it runs config.sub. I get this output
> 
> $ CC=/usr/local/gcc-4.3.0/bin/gcc ./config.guess
> x86_64-unknown-linux-
> 
> but when I run with the system compiler (gcc 4.2.4):
> 
> $ ./config.guess
> x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> 
> config.sub does not like "x86_64-unknown-linux-" and dies.

config.{guess,sub} are maintained by the email address listed in the
comments at the beginning of the scripts.  Please write there, don't
forget to mention the $timestamp value of the script as well as the
output of
  /usr/local/gcc-4.3.0/bin/gcc -v

Thanks,
Ralf