diff --git a/config/config.guess b/config/config.guess
index 699b3a10b..1972fda8e 100755
--- a/config/config.guess
+++ b/config/config.guess
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Attempt to guess a canonical system name.
-#   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#   Copyright 1992-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-11-19'
+timestamp='2021-01-25'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ version="\
 GNU config.guess ($timestamp)
 
 Originally written by Per Bothner.
-Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 1992-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE."
@@ -188,10 +188,9 @@ case "$UNAME_MACHINE:$UNAME_SYSTEM:$UNAME_RELEASE:$UNAME_VERSION" in
 	#
 	# Note: NetBSD doesn't particularly care about the vendor
 	# portion of the name.  We always set it to "unknown".
-	sysctl="sysctl -n hw.machine_arch"
 	UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH=$( (uname -p 2>/dev/null || \
-	    "/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
-	    "/usr/sbin/$sysctl" 2>/dev/null || \
+	    /sbin/sysctl -n hw.machine_arch 2>/dev/null || \
+	    /usr/sbin/sysctl -n hw.machine_arch 2>/dev/null || \
 	    echo unknown))
 	case "$UNAME_MACHINE_ARCH" in
 	    aarch64eb) machine=aarch64_be-unknown ;;
@@ -996,6 +995,9 @@ EOF
     k1om:Linux:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
+    loongarch32:Linux:*:* | loongarch64:Linux:*:* | loongarchx32:Linux:*:*)
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
+	exit ;;
     m32r*:Linux:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
@@ -1084,7 +1086,7 @@ EOF
     ppcle:Linux:*:*)
 	echo powerpcle-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
-    riscv32:Linux:*:* | riscv64:Linux:*:*)
+    riscv32:Linux:*:* | riscv32be:Linux:*:* | riscv64:Linux:*:* | riscv64be:Linux:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-linux-"$LIBC"
 	exit ;;
     s390:Linux:*:* | s390x:Linux:*:*)
@@ -1480,8 +1482,8 @@ EOF
     i*86:rdos:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-rdos
 	exit ;;
-    i*86:AROS:*:*)
-	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-pc-aros
+    *:AROS:*:*)
+	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-aros
 	exit ;;
     x86_64:VMkernel:*:*)
 	echo "$UNAME_MACHINE"-unknown-esx
diff --git a/config/config.sub b/config/config.sub
index 19c9553b1..63c1f1c8b 100755
--- a/config/config.sub
+++ b/config/config.sub
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Configuration validation subroutine script.
-#   Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#   Copyright 1992-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2020-12-02'
+timestamp='2021-01-08'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Report bugs and patches to <config-patches@gnu.org>."
 version="\
 GNU config.sub ($timestamp)
 
-Copyright 1992-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright 1992-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE."
@@ -1185,6 +1185,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 			| k1om \
 			| le32 | le64 \
 			| lm32 \
+			| loongarch32 | loongarch64 | loongarchx32 \
 			| m32c | m32r | m32rle \
 			| m5200 | m68000 | m680[012346]0 | m68360 | m683?2 | m68k \
 			| m6811 | m68hc11 | m6812 | m68hc12 | m68hcs12x \
@@ -1229,7 +1230,7 @@ case $cpu-$vendor in
 			| powerpc | powerpc64 | powerpc64le | powerpcle | powerpcspe \
 			| pru \
 			| pyramid \
-			| riscv | riscv32 | riscv64 \
+			| riscv | riscv32 | riscv32be | riscv64 | riscv64be \
 			| rl78 | romp | rs6000 | rx \
 			| s390 | s390x \
 			| score \
@@ -1682,11 +1683,14 @@ fi
 
 # Now, validate our (potentially fixed-up) OS.
 case $os in
-	# Sometimes we do "kernel-abi", so those need to count as OSes.
+	# Sometimes we do "kernel-libc", so those need to count as OSes.
 	musl* | newlib* | uclibc*)
 		;;
-	# Likewise for "kernel-libc"
-	eabi | eabihf | gnueabi | gnueabihf)
+	# Likewise for "kernel-abi"
+	eabi* | gnueabi*)
+		;;
+	# VxWorks passes extra cpu info in the 4th filed.
+	simlinux | simwindows | spe)
 		;;
 	# Now accept the basic system types.
 	# The portable systems comes first.
@@ -1750,6 +1754,8 @@ case $kernel-$os in
 		;;
 	kfreebsd*-gnu* | kopensolaris*-gnu*)
 		;;
+	vxworks-simlinux | vxworks-simwindows | vxworks-spe)
+		;;
 	nto-qnx*)
 		;;
 	os2-emx)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 05523eef8..3bce401db 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT(nix, m4_esyscmd([bash -c "echo -n $(cat ./.version)$VERSION_SUFFIX"]))
+AC_INIT([nix],[m4_esyscmd(bash -c "echo -n $(cat ./.version)$VERSION_SUFFIX")])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(README.md)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(config)
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ AC_PROG_SED
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for the canonical Nix system name])
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(system, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-system=SYSTEM],
-  [Platform identifier (e.g., `i686-linux').]),
+AC_ARG_WITH(system, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-system=SYSTEM],[Platform identifier (e.g., `i686-linux').]),
   [system=$withval],
   [case "$host_cpu" in
      i*86)
@@ -127,8 +126,7 @@ NEED_PROG(jq, jq)
 AC_SUBST(coreutils, [$(dirname $(type -p cat))])
 
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(store-dir, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-store-dir=PATH],
-  [path of the Nix store (defaults to /nix/store)]),
+AC_ARG_WITH(store-dir, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-store-dir=PATH],[path of the Nix store (defaults to /nix/store)]),
   storedir=$withval, storedir='/nix/store')
 AC_SUBST(storedir)
 
@@ -157,8 +155,7 @@ fi
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(shared, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-shared],
-  [Build shared libraries for Nix [default=yes]]),
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(shared, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-shared],[Build shared libraries for Nix [default=yes]]),
   shared=$enableval, shared=yes)
 if test "$shared" = yes; then
   AC_SUBST(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS, 1, [Whether to build shared libraries.])
@@ -215,9 +212,8 @@ AC_SUBST(HAVE_LIBCPUID, [$have_libcpuid])
 # Look for libseccomp, required for Linux sandboxing.
 if test "$sys_name" = linux; then
   AC_ARG_ENABLE([seccomp-sandboxing],
-                AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-seccomp-sandboxing],
-                               [Don't build support for seccomp sandboxing (only recommended if your arch doesn't support libseccomp yet!)]
-                              ))
+                AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-seccomp-sandboxing],[Don't build support for seccomp sandboxing (only recommended if your arch doesn't support libseccomp yet!)
+                              ]))
   if test "x$enable_seccomp_sandboxing" != "xno"; then
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES([LIBSECCOMP], [libseccomp],
                       [CXXFLAGS="$LIBSECCOMP_CFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"])
@@ -249,8 +245,7 @@ fi
 
 
 # Whether to use the Boehm garbage collector.
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(gc, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-gc],
-  [enable garbage collection in the Nix expression evaluator (requires Boehm GC) [default=yes]]),
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(gc, AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gc],[enable garbage collection in the Nix expression evaluator (requires Boehm GC) [default=yes]]),
   gc=$enableval, gc=yes)
 if test "$gc" = yes; then
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([BDW_GC], [bdw-gc])
@@ -264,8 +259,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTEST], [gtest_main])
 
 
 # documentation generation switch
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(doc-gen, AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-doc-gen],
-  [disable documentation generation]),
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(doc-gen, AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-doc-gen],[disable documentation generation]),
   doc_generate=$enableval, doc_generate=yes)
 AC_SUBST(doc_generate)
 
@@ -285,8 +279,7 @@ if test "$(uname)" = "Darwin"; then
 fi
 
 
-AC_ARG_WITH(sandbox-shell, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-sandbox-shell=PATH],
-  [path of a statically-linked shell to use as /bin/sh in sandboxes]),
+AC_ARG_WITH(sandbox-shell, AS_HELP_STRING([--with-sandbox-shell=PATH],[path of a statically-linked shell to use as /bin/sh in sandboxes]),
   sandbox_shell=$withval)
 AC_SUBST(sandbox_shell)
 
@@ -301,6 +294,6 @@ done
 
 rm -f Makefile.config
 
-AC_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([])
 AC_OUTPUT