Failure to build on powerpc64le

[daxtens]

Hi,

When I attempt to build on powerpc64le, I hit the following problem:

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking build system type... ./config.guess: unable to guess system type

This script, last modified 2005-07-08, has failed to recognize
the operating system you are using. It is advised that you
download the most up to date version of the config scripts from

  http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/config/config/config.guess
and
  http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/config/config/config.sub

If the version you run (./config.guess) is already up to date, please
send the following data and any information you think might be
pertinent to <config-patches@gnu.org> in order to provide the needed
information to handle your system.

config.guess timestamp = 2005-07-08

uname -m = ppc64le
uname -r = 4.2.0-30-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #35-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 19 13:50:54 UTC 2016

/usr/bin/uname -p = 
/bin/uname -X     = 

hostinfo               = 
/bin/universe          = 
/usr/bin/arch -k       = 
/bin/arch              = 
/usr/bin/oslevel       = 
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = 

UNAME_MACHINE = ppc64le
UNAME_RELEASE = 4.2.0-30-generic
UNAME_SYSTEM  = Linux
UNAME_VERSION = #35-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 19 13:50:54 UTC 2016
configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one
*** extconf.rb failed ***

It should be reasonably easy to fix this by updating your config.sub and config.guess files to the latest from autoconf/automake. Thanks in advance :)

[conaku]

I have been able to change the config.guess locally . Can someone tell me how to build this complete local package and then install the gem from local build .