On Mon, May 13, 2024, at 8:55 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote: > If we get to the bottom of the big switch in config.guess without > having a guess, we try two things, in this order: > > - Compiling and running a C program that knows about a bunch of really > old systems that did not have a uname command. > > - A specific test for Apollo systems, which doesn’t require a C > compiler, but does expect certain environment variables to be set. > > I *think* it is inappropriate to run the C program in any case where a > uname command is available, but we are doing it unconditionally.
This turns out to be incorrect. The C program is needed for at least one system (DYNIX/ptx) where uname existed but was buggy. I withdraw this patch. zw
