[yocto] config.guess: unable to guess system type

[Burton, Ross]

The problem is that config.guess, last modified 2009-09-18, 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

You're trying to build a piece of software that was released on
2013-08-17 using a config.guess from 2009, both of which predate
aarch64 being actually available.

There's a perfectly good recipe for libsdl in oe-core, or if you
insist on building it on-target then you can either follow the
instructions or install the gnu-config package into your image and
copy the config.* files from /usr/share/gnu-config/.

Ross

On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 at 10:22, Peter Balazovic <balazovic.peter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to compile on my Yocto system from source the SDL
> http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.15.tar.gz and by running ./configure I got error to configure the build
>
> checking build system type... ./build-scripts/config.guess: unable to guess system type
>
> This script, last modified 2009-09-18, 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 (./build-scripts/config.guess) is already up to date, please
> send the following data and any information you think might be
> pertinent to <config-patches at gnu.org> in order to provide the needed
> information to handle your system.
>
> config.guess timestamp = 2009-09-18
> uname -m = aarch64
> uname -r = 4.14.78-imx_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga+g66620c3
> uname -s = Linux
> uname -v = #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 1 09:09:25 UTC 2019
>
> /usr/bin/uname -p =
> /bin/uname -X     =
>
> hostinfo               =
> /bin/universe          =
> /usr/bin/arch -k       =
> /bin/arch              =
> /usr/bin/oslevel       =
> /usr/convex/getsysinfo =
>
> UNAME_MACHINE = aarch64
> UNAME_RELEASE = 4.14.78-imx_4.14.78_1.0.0_ga+g66620c3
> UNAME_SYSTEM  = Linux
> UNAME_VERSION = #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Feb 1 09:09:25 UTC 2019
> configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one
>
> What would be causing the problem?
> Thanks.
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