Frank Mattes wrote:
>  >hecking the configuration name
> I> lid configuration `cobalt-unknown-netbsd1.6': machine 
> `cobalt-unknown' not recognized


I had a simillar problem when compiling fetchmail
and solved it by specifying "mipsel" as target.
gnu tools seem to be picky about non standard targets.
I also compiled gnu make in the process as the default
bsd make refuses a lot of makefiles with syntax error
messages. 8(
Works smoother!