*-uclinux* is valid in the tuple for linux, it's used for flat binaries for example. Patch both configure* for consistency and to avoid an unnecessary autoreconf. Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias diff -Nura libusb-1.0.9.orig/configure libusb-1.0.9/configure --- libusb-1.0.9.orig/configure 2013-09-03 10:13:52.212301259 -0300 +++ libusb-1.0.9/configure 2013-09-03 10:19:08.443669386 -0300 @@ -11093,7 +11093,7 @@ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking operating system" >&5 $as_echo_n "checking operating system... " >&6; } case $host in -*-linux*) +*-linux* | *-uclinux*) { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: Linux" >&5 $as_echo "Linux" >&6; } backend="linux" diff -Nura libusb-1.0.9.orig/configure.ac libusb-1.0.9/configure.ac --- libusb-1.0.9.orig/configure.ac 2013-09-03 10:13:52.212301259 -0300 +++ libusb-1.0.9/configure.ac 2013-09-03 10:19:00.573411346 -0300 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([operating system]) case $host in -*-linux*) +*-linux* | *-uclinux*) AC_MSG_RESULT([Linux]) backend="linux" ;;