[e2e] A problem installing pchar 1.3.1

[Antonino Sanacori]

   Hi Mr. Mah
When I try to install pchar 1.3.1 on my solaris 2.8 I get the following
message:

./configure --prefix=my dir  --with-PACKAGE=snmp --host=sparc-sun-solaris2.8

loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.8
checking for mawk... no
checking for gawk... no
checking for nawk... nawk
checking for c++... c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) works... yes
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) is a cross-compiler... yes
checking whether we are using GNU C++... yes
checking whether c++ accepts -g... yes
checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking for pchar version number... 1.3.1
checking echo functionality...  SysV-style
checking size of bool... configure: error: can not run test program while
cross compiling

May you explain me the meaning of this error ?

Thank you.

dott. Antonino Sanacori
Centro di Calcolo Interfacoltà
Università degli Studi di Brescia
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