What type of processor is in the system? x86, sparc, alpha, mips, sgi, etc...  I
think that what the configure is asking you for is something like "./configure
--host=i386" or "./configure --build=i386".  I've never encountered this problem
myself however, but that is just a guess.

"Robert N. Eaton" wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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