./configure

[Simon Marlow]

> > That's strange, configure is supposed to emit the error only if
> > config.guess fails.=20
>=20
> maeder@davinci -> ./config.guess
> ./config.guess: line 844: dummy-5901.c: Keine Berechtigung
> ./config.guess: line 1: dummy-5901.c: Keine Berechtigung
> ./config.guess: line 1105: dummy-5901.c: Keine Berechtigung
> ./config.guess: unable to guess system type

Keine Berechtigung =3D=3D No authorization (according to babel fish).  =
You
wouldn't perchance be trying to configure in a  tree you don't have
write access to, would you?

> This script, last modified 2001-07-09, has failed to recognize
> the operating system you are using. It is advised that you
> download the most up to date version of the config scripts from
> [...]
>=20
> could this output be the source of my problem? (Meanwhile the=20
> owner of=20
> the ghc tree changed so I cannot really reproduce the situation.)

Aha, I think my hunch was correct :-)

Cheers,
	Simon