I'm running Ubuntu 16.10 x86_64. The configure script has the lines:
/usr/bin/arch -k = `(/usr/bin/arch -k) 2>/dev/null`
/bin/arch = `(/bin/arch) 2>/dev/null`
and prints:
## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##
hostname = green76
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 4.8.0-26-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 18 14:39:52 UTC 2016
/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X = unknown
/bin/arch = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown
/bin/machine = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown
/bin/universe = unknown
However, arch is in /usr/bin/arch, and does not take a -k argument:
arch: invalid option -- 'k'
Try 'arch --help' for more information.
Usage: arch [OPTION]...
Print machine architecture.
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exitSincerely,
Steve Kelem