> Could you try
>
> AC_MSG_WARN("cross-compiling, disabling linking")
>
> ?
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ecabfdf..7ede6db 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ AC_PROG_INSTALL
AC_PROG_AWK
AC_PROG_SED
+if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xyes"; then
+ # It may be that we don't have a working libc yet, for instance
+ # because we're bootstrapping the cross-compilation tool chain.
+ # Thus, use this undocumented Autoconf macro designed for this.
+ AC_NO_EXECUTABLES
+ AC_MSG_WARN("cross-compiling, disabling linking")
+fi
AC_PROG_CC
# Require GCC.
if test x$GCC != xyes; then
Works like a charm.
Manolis
