Error building mutt

[Heinz Diehl]

Hi !

After upgrading from GCC-2.7.2.3 to 2.96, the Mutt configure-script
exits with

        can not guess host type: you must specify one

After switching back to GCC-2.7.2.3, it works again.

Does anybody know where configure gets this "host system type"
(which says "i586-pc-linux-gnu") ?

GCC-2.96 is installed properly, I can compile anything else,
and also the kernel compiles without problems.

++ Heinz