Host type?

[Robert N. Eaton]

Hi all,

To help myself out with my last problem (accessing sspecial characters)
I am now trying to install Vile-9.2.  My machine is barfing early in
./configure, where it says, in part:

	UNAME_VERSION=#1 SMP Feb 17 11 : 49 : 42  MST2000
	Configure: error : can not guess host type; you must specify one

In the config.log I have the message:

	configure: 607: checking host system type

In the configure file I find:

	Host type:
	  --build=BUILD		configure for building in BUILD [BUILD=HOST]
	  --host=HOST		configure for HOST [guessed]
	  --target=TARGET	configure for TARGET [TARGET=HOST]

What is the difference, and how would I go about setting host type?

Baffled but game,

Bob Eaton