The configure bails out when cross-compiling, because it is over-cautious about ANSI support in the C compiler. Work around this by disabling the bail-out code. Signed-off-by: Simon Dawson diff -Nurp a/configure b/configure --- a/configure 2013-07-16 10:23:32.000000000 +0100 +++ b/configure 2013-09-22 14:50:07.186953454 +0100 @@ -3537,9 +3537,7 @@ $as_echo "Solaris: adding -D__EXTENSIONS { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether the compiler works on ANSI C" >&5 $as_echo_n "checking whether the compiler works on ANSI C... " >&6; } if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then - { { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: Couldn't build even a trivial ANSI C program: check CC." >&5 -$as_echo "$as_me: error: Couldn't build even a trivial ANSI C program: check CC." >&2;} - { (exit 1); exit 1; }; } + : else cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF /* confdefs.h. */ @@ -8616,7 +8614,7 @@ fi $as_echo "$ac_cv_xpointer" >&6; } if test "$ac_cv_xpointer" != yes; then cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF -#define XPointer char* +/* #define XPointer char* */ _ACEOF fi