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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Host system type: i386-unknown-freebsd5.1
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Seamus Abshere wrote:
> When I run ./configure on my machine, I get this:
> 
> "checking host system type... i386-unknown-freebsd5.1"
> 
> If the unknown were *known*, what else could this say?

<architecture-vendor-OS>  That's the vendor part; some of the ports use 
"portbld", I believe.

-- 
-Chuck