In article <pan### [at] ntlworldcom> , "David Burnett"
<var### [at] ntlworldcom> wrote:

> Taking for example the situation under discusion, the make setup for UNIX
> povray assumes x86 only optimization options for a ppc only platform
> (ignoring marklar for the moment). now as uname -p returns powerpc you'd
> thing the ./configure would have the smarts to say hey this is powerpc let
> get the right optimisation. Can anyone tell me if it builds properly under
> PPC linux ?

You are completely on the wrong track here.  The configure script doesn't
even try to detect what platform you are on.  And that has been discussed in
the threads you have already been pointed to...

    Thorsten

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