Re: [cobalt-users] configure: error: cannot guess build type

[Jay Summers <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hello all,
> 
> I am trying to convert my Qube 2 to do DHCP on the WAN side.  I have found
> the KnowledgeBase article and when I try to run "configure" I get the
> following errors:
> 
> [root@www dhcpcd-1.3.21-pl2]# ./configure
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for mawk... no
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking build system type... configure: error: cannot guess build type; you
> must specify one
> 
> --
> I have also tried:
> 
> [fuller@www dhcpcd-1.3.21-pl2]$ ./configure --build=mipsel
> checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for mawk... no
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
> checking build system type... mipsel-unknown-elf
> checking host system type... mipsel-unknown-elf
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler
> cannot create executables
> 
> Any ideas?

I use this switch on my Raq2. It should be very similar to your Qube2

./configure --build=mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu

HTH,
j
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