The included configure script does not recognise the
x86_64 platform. Rebuilding the script with up-to-date
tools solves the problem.
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install...
/usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a
cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for a BSD compatible install...
/usr/bin/install -c
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking host system type... Invalid configuration
`x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown'
not recognized
checking build system type... Invalid configuration
`x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu': machine `x86_64-unknown'
not recognized
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking whether ln -s works... yes
updating cache ./config.cache
ltconfig: you must specify a host type if you use
`--no-verify'
Try `ltconfig --help' for more information.
configure: error: libtool configure failed
Hi !
So did you succeeded ? I also badly want to compile it on x86_64 !!!