Minimally patch libtheora's ancient config.guess to support mips64. --- libtheora/config.guess.orig 2009-02-23 22:50:50.000000000 -0500 +++ libtheora/config.guess 2013-10-31 23:49:48.155999944 -0400 @@ -798,25 +798,24 @@ m68*:Linux:*:*) echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-linux-gnu exit 0 ;; - mips:Linux:*:*) + mips:Linux:*:* | mips64:Linux:*:*) eval $set_cc_for_build sed 's/^ //' << EOF >$dummy.c #undef CPU - #undef mips - #undef mipsel + #undef ${UNAME_MACHINE} + #undef ${UNAME_MACHINE}el #if defined(__MIPSEL__) || defined(__MIPSEL) || defined(_MIPSEL) || defined(MIPSEL) - CPU=mipsel + CPU=${UNAME_MACHINE}el #else #if defined(__MIPSEB__) || defined(__MIPSEB) || defined(_MIPSEB) || defined(MIPSEB) - CPU=mips + CPU=${UNAME_MACHINE} #else CPU= #endif #endif EOF - eval `$CC_FOR_BUILD -E $dummy.c 2>/dev/null | grep ^CPU=` - rm -f $dummy.c && rmdir $tmpdir - test x"${CPU}" != x && echo "${CPU}-pc-linux-gnu" && exit 0 + eval `$CC_FOR_BUILD -E $dummy.c 2>/dev/null | grep '^CPU'` + test x"${CPU}" != x && { echo "${CPU}-unknown-linux-gnu"; exit 0; } ;; ppc:Linux:*:*) echo powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu