diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 04aa6b2f7d..1d381daa1e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.96 2002-11-22 14:11:28 dimitr Exp $
+dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.97 2002-11-22 14:31:13 eku Exp $
 
 dnl ############################# INITIALISATION ###############################
 
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ case "$target" in
     LOCK_MANAGER_FLG=Y
     EDITLINE_FLG=N
     ;;
+
+  *)
+    AC_MSG_ERROR(unsupported platform ${target})
+    ;;
 esac
 
 AC_SUBST(MAKEFILE_PREFIX)
@@ -263,7 +267,6 @@ dnl kkuznetsov: Solaris always check for -lnsl
 if test "$PLATFORM" = "solx86" ; then
   AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostname, XE_APPEND(-lnsl,LIBS))
   AC_CHECK_LIB(thread, main)
-
 fi