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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