build-all failed because "config.guess: unable to guess system type"

With Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic (4.15.0-60-generic) running on a PowerPC The ./build-all from make command failed with:

./build-all ----------------- 2019-09-04 08:11:33: Starting build of extended attribute library checking build system type... Makefile:31: recipe for target 'all' failed stderr: configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-nls ./config.guess: unable to guess system type

This script, last modified 2012-06-10, 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://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD and http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD

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 = 2012-06-10

uname -m = ppc64le uname -r = 4.15.0-60-generic uname -s = Linux uname -v = #67-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 22 16:54:48 UTC 2019

/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 = 4.15.0-60-generic UNAME_SYSTEM = Linux UNAME_VERSION = #67-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 22 16:54:48 UTC 2019 configure: error: cannot guess build type; you must specify one make: *** [all] Error 1

For the config.guess files, there are:

./acl/build-aux/config.guess ./attr/config.guess ./e2fsprogs-libs/config/config.guess ./popt/config.guess

Replace the config.guess / config.sub in attr/ with the suggested new version can fix this issue.

tytso / xfstests-bld

build-all failed because "config.guess: unable to guess system type" #21