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-rw-r--r--configure.ac12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 851375194..9bc3a0288 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
# Construct a Nix system name (like "i686-linux").
AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the canonical Nix system name])
-#machine_name=`uname -m`
-#sys_name=`uname -s | tr [A-Z] [a-z]`
-#system="${machine_name}-${sys_name}"
+machine_name=$(uname -p | tr 'A-Z ' 'a-z_')
+if test "$machine_name" = "unknown"; then
+ machine_name=$(uname -m | tr 'A-Z ' 'a-z_')
+fi
+sys_name=$(uname -s | tr 'A-Z ' 'a-z_')
AC_ARG_WITH(system, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-system=SYSTEM],
[platform identifier (e.g., `i686-linux')]),
- system=$withval, system="$host_cpu-$host_os")
+ system=$withval, system="${machine_name}-${sys_name}")
AC_MSG_RESULT($system)
AC_SUBST(system)
AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SYSTEM, ["$system"], [platform identifier (`cpu-os')])
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([NEED_PROG],
[
AC_PATH_PROG($1, $2)
if test -z "$$1"; then
- AC_MSG_ERROR([$1 is required])
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([$2 is required])
fi
])