Re: problem while configuring

[Jeremy Henty <jeremy chaos org uk>]

Javed writes: 

> I'm unable to configure the gtk+1.2.0 as it gives an error saying:
> checking host system type...configure:error:cannot guess host type;you
> must specify one

Possibly a red herring, but IIRC I got something like this when my 
system had no "cc" command.  Once I linked cc -> gcc everything went 
OK.  (This presumes you're on some kind of Unix, of course.)  

I'm a little hazy on the details, but I am sure I did *not* get a 
useful "cc does not work on your system" sort of message: it was 
something much more obscure that required some investigation to 
get at the real problem.  

Regards, 

Jeremy Henty