> I tried to build TeTeX 2.99.8 on a solaris 8 machine (with my recently > built gcc 3.4.3, which is using Sun's as and ld).
The error message shows that configure has guessed that you are aiming for a cross-compile. This usually means that compiling and running a simple program has failed. I'd say: fix your gcc installation. Look up the log file where the first check about cross-compilation was made and inspect the config.log in that directory for an error message. If you need help, just send me your tetex_2.99.8_configure.log and I'll try to tell you where the right config.log to look at is. Thomas