Re: Argh. config.guess breaks things

[Ben Elliston]

> This problem pretty much happens on any machine without a compiler
> installed.  What would be ideal is if config.guess didn't require a
> compiler.

That's impossible.

Many of the tests in config.guess use runtime tests to produce accurate
results.  These programs have to be built and run.  We *could* eliminate
the need for a compiler by using heredocs to carry uuencoded binaries
inside config.guess. ;-)

Ben