[parisc-linux] Compiling source packages

[James S]

i've downloaded a few source packages & have hit the same problem with most
of them

bear with me, i'm not that up to speed on compilers etc.....

i follow the instructions to the letter & when i do the 'make' part, i get
the following....



checking host system type... Invalid configuration
'parisc-unknown-linux-gnu': machine 'parisc-unknown' not recognized

checking build system type... Invalid configuration
'parisc-unknown-linux-gnu': machine 'parisc-unknown' not recognized


and then further on...


loading cache ./config.cache within ltconfig
ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use --no-verify'
Try 'ltconfig --help' for more information.
configure: error: libtool configure failed


from what i can see, it seems that the compile is failing because it doesnt
know about the machine type - is there any way i can fix this by making the
system type 'linux'  or something similar ?



Thanks

James S