Makei configure less os-version specific, were possible.

src/configure.in

@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ starts 'checking host system type...'
 **************************************************************
 EOT
 	TEMPLATE=generic
-	GUESS=`grep "$host_os=" template/.similar 2>/dev/null`
+	GUESS=`grep "$host_os" template/.similar 2>/dev/null`
+	if test $GUESS
+	then	host_os_no_ver=`grep "$host_os" | sed 's/[0-9.]*$//'`
+		GUESS=`grep "$host_os_no_ver" template/.similar 2>/dev/null`
+	fi
 	if test $GUESS
 	then
 		TEMPLATE=`echo $GUESS | sed 's/.*=//'`

src/template/.similar

-alpha-dec-osf4.0=alpha
+alpha-dec-osf4=alpha
 i386-pc-bsdi2.0=bsdi-2.0
 i386-pc-bsdi2.1=bsdi-2.1
 i386-pc-bsdi3.0=bsdi-3.0
-i586-pc-sco3.2v5.0.2=sco
-i386-unknown-freebsd3.0=freebsd
-i386-unknown-netbsd1.2.1=netbsd
-mips-sgi-irix5.3=irix5
-sparc-sun-solaris2.5=sparc_solaris-gcc
-sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1=sparc_solaris-gcc
+i586-pc-sco3.2v5=sco
+i386-unknown-freebsd=freebsd
+i386-unknown-netbsd=netbsd
+mips-sgi-irix5=irix5
+sparc-sun-solaris2=sparc_solaris-gcc
 sparc-unknown-linux-gnu=linux-elf