[Midnightbsd-users] How to specify a build type?

[Stevan Tiefert]

Hello,

I have downloaded may packages they are not in the mports. When I want 
to build them like described in their INSTALL documentation, then I run 
sometimes in this type of errors:

-------8<
/usr/bin/uname -p = i386
/bin/uname -X     =

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

UNAME_MACHINE = i386
UNAME_RELEASE = 0.1-RELEASE
UNAME_SYSTEM  = MidnightBSD
UNAME_VERSION = MidnightBSD 0.1-RELEASE #0: Tue Aug 21 06:48:23 CEST 
2007     stevan at midnight.seraphim:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one


------------8<

How can I prevent this? Did I had to set a variable?

With regards
Stevan Tiefert