Hi Arsen,
Thanks. System is Raspberry-Pi running o/s Raspian which is a linux
system. Results are below:
Bev
root@rp1:~/ntp/ntp-4.2.6p3-RC12# bash config.guess
aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
root@rp1:~/ntp/ntp-4.2.6p3-RC12#
with:
./configure --host=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
result is (last few rows):
config.guess timestamp = 2005-07-08
uname -m = aarch64
uname -r = 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-v8
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1 (2025-09-16)
/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X =
hostinfo =
/bin/universe =
/usr/bin/arch -k =
/bin/arch = aarch64
/usr/bin/oslevel =
/usr/convex/getsysinfo =
UNAME_MACHINE = aarch64
UNAME_RELEASE = 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-v8
UNAME_SYSTEM = Linux
UNAME_VERSION = #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1 (2025-09-16)
configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one
configure: error: ./configure failed for sntp
root@rp1:~/ntp/ntp-4.2.6p3-RC12#
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On 2025-11-25 08:52, Arsen Arsenović wrote:
Bev Clues <[email protected]> writes:
Brilliant thanks, got a lot further - problem - see last few rows of
./configure output:
/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X =
hostinfo =
/bin/universe =
/usr/bin/arch -k =
/bin/arch = aarch64
/usr/bin/oslevel =
/usr/convex/getsysinfo =
UNAME_MACHINE = aarch64
UNAME_RELEASE = 6.12.47+rpt-rpi-v8
UNAME_SYSTEM = Linux
UNAME_VERSION = #1 SMP PREEMPT Debian 1:6.12.47-1+rpt1 (2025-09-16)
configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one
configure: error: ./configure failed for sntp
root@rp1:~/ntp/ntp-4.2.6p3-RC12#
Interesting. That is the same error. It means that even the newer
config.guess script doesn't know what your system is. Try
bash config.guess
.... and let me know how that fails. It should contain a paragraph
like
"If config.guess has already been updated, send the following data
...".
If you want to just get around that error, you could try passing
--host=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu or similar ('gcc -dumpmachine' may be
able to tell you the correct value for --host= - I don't know what it'd
be without more information about your machine, though).
