Hi Andreas,

./configure --host=x86_64-linux-gnu

now prints 'x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'

Thanx for the help.



I did a little more tweaks:

*./configure --host=x86_64*  throws error

But

*./configure --host=x86_64-f23-linux-gnu* prints

*x86_64-f23-linux-gnu**./configure --host=x86_64-f23* prints
*x86_64-f23 *throws
error

*./configure --host=x86_64-f23-gnu* prints
*x86_64-f23-gnu*
*./configure --host=x86_64-f23-linux* prints
*x86_64-f23-linux*

Looks like one can embed distro name between ARCH and 'gnu'/'linux' or
'-linux-gnu'


Thanx again!






On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> wrote:

> psachin <iclcoolster@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > What causes it to print 'unknown', can it be replaced with something more
> > meaningful..Say, a distro name?
>
> You control that by the use of --host during configuring.
>
> Andreas.
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