Re: How to handle a new operating system?

[Dmitry V. Levin]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 03:25:22PM +0200, Arsenij Solovjev wrote:
> Hi dear GNU Team,
> 
> I’m part of a team that creates our own distribution of FreeBSD called 
> CROSSOS.
> I’ve currently run into the problem that I cannot compile certain third party 
> sofware (python gevent).
> The problem seems to be that config.guess/sub don’t recognise the output of 
> the uname call to our kernel.
> 
> What would be the recommended way to go about this? We can of course 
> overwrite config.guess/sub in our own portstree.
> What is the criteria for an operating system to be listed in config.guess?

If config.guess fails to recognize the operating system and suggests to
send to this mailing list the information necessary to handle your system,
it is recommended to follow this suggestion.


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