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(bashref.info)Specifying the System Type

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Specifying the System Type
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   There may be some features `configure' can not figure out
automatically, but need to determine by the type of host Bash will run
on.  Usually `configure' can figure that out, but if it prints a
message saying it can not guess the host type, give it the
`--host=TYPE' option.  `TYPE' can either be a short name for the system
type, such as `sun4', or a canonical name with three fields:
`CPU-COMPANY-SYSTEM' (e.g., `i386-unknown-freebsd4.2').

   See the file `support/config.sub' for the possible values of each
field.