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Author: Robert N. Eaton
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Subject: Host type?
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