configure doesn't recognise platform

[nobody]

the ./configure script said it didn't recognise my build 
platform (alphaev5-unknown-linux-gnu). 

after looking in the script, changing the $HostPlatform 
matching string from "alpha*-unknown-linux" to "alpha*-
unknown-linux-gnu" was all that was needed to fix it and 
to get it to compile.

so perhaps this could be changed in the next release. 
thanks. peace.

[nobody]

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oh, wait, no. i was a bit too fast. it didn't compile, it stopped 
due to the alpha-unknown-linux definition. the output:

gcc -E  -DGLUT_API_VERSION=no -I../includes -
traditional    -x c prelude/primops.txt.pp | /usr/bin/sed -
e '/^#/d' > prelude/primops.txt
In file included from ../includes/MachDeps.h:19,
                 from prelude/primops.txt.pp:66:
../includes/config.h:8: warning: missing white space after 
`#define alpha_unknown_linux'
../includes/config.h:9: warning: missing white space after 
`#define alpha_unknown_linux'
../includes/config.h:9: warning: `alpha_unknown_linux' 
redefined
../includes/config.h:8: warning: this is the location of the 
previous definition
../includes/config.h:10: warning: missing white space after 
`#define alpha_unknown_linux'
../includes/config.h:10: warning: `alpha_unknown_linux' 
redefined
../includes/config.h:9: warning: this is the location of the 
previous definition
../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode --data-decl          < 
prelude/primops.txt > primop-data-decl.hs-incl
/bin/sh: ../utils/genprimopcode/genprimopcode: No such file 
or directory
make[2]: *** [primop-data-decl.hs-incl] Error 126
make[1]: *** [boot] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sir/helium/ghc-5.04.1/ghc'
make: *** [all] Error 1


i hope you can fix it. thanks in advance.

[simonmar]

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