e17 configure problem

[jls]

when I launch the configure command I get:

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configure: WARNING: you should use --build, --host, --target
configure: WARNING: invalid host type: \2
checking build system type... Invalid configuration `\2': machine `\2' not recognized
configure: error: /bin/bash ./config.sub \2 failed


[jls]

from the #e irc channel:
raster: smells like your distro is missing stuff that configure uses to auto-detect your host/target etc.
raster: i'd be temtped to say "just use a non-buggy distro for development"

[maro]

Why don't you run your './configure PARAMETERS' like 'sh -vx ./configure PARAMETERS > configure.log 2>&1' ?

That produces a pretty large file, but you should then be able to indentify which exact command produces the "offence" (worst case: you put it somewhere and I might have a look).

[jls]

I solved passing this parameter to the configure script:

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--host=i686-pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-pc-linux-gnu --target=i686-pc-linux-gnu"