configure errors on x86_64 linux

[Simon Matter]

> Hi,
>
> configure of cyrus-2.3.8 fails on a SLES10 x64_64 system.
> I think i have to use a build option with configure, but i don't know
> which is the correct one for an 64 bit xeon

Hi,

I have no idea about SuSE but on RedHat based systems, you need a package
called redhat-rpm-config which includes a recent config.sub with is useful
on x64_64.

Simon

>
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 15
> model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU            5140  @ 2.33GHz
>
>
> -------- config.log --------------------------------------
> This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
> running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
>
> It was created by configure, which was
> generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.  Invocation command line was
>
>    $ ./configure --enable-idled --enable-listext --without-snmp
> --enable-pcreposix
>
> ## --------- ##
> ## Platform. ##
> ## --------- ##
>
> hostname = mailserv08
> uname -m = x86_64
> uname -r = 2.6.16.27-0.9-smp
> uname -s = Linux
> uname -v = #1 SMP Tue Feb 13 09:35:18 UTC 2007
>
> /usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
> /bin/uname -X     = unknown
>
> /bin/arch              = x86_64
> /usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
> /usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
> hostinfo               = unknown
> /bin/machine           = unknown
> /usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
> /bin/universe          = unknown
>
> PATH: /sbin
> PATH: /usr/sbin
> PATH: /usr/local/sbin
> PATH: /opt/gnome/sbin
> PATH: /root/bin
> PATH: /usr/local/bin
> PATH: /usr/bin
> PATH: /usr/X11R6/bin
> PATH: /bin
> PATH: /usr/games
> PATH: /opt/gnome/bin
> PATH: /opt/kde3/bin
> PATH: /usr/lib/mit/bin
> PATH: /usr/lib/mit/sbin
>
>
> ## ----------- ##
> ## Core tests. ##
> ## ----------- ##
>
> configure:1378: checking build system type
> configure:1391: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> failed
> ...
> ---------------------------------
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