diff -Naur sharutils-4.11.1.orig/configure sharutils-4.11.1/configure
--- sharutils-4.11.1.orig/configure	2011-06-20 11:07:40.000000000 -0400
+++ sharutils-4.11.1/configure	2011-06-20 11:09:30.000000000 -0400
@@ -26962,33 +26962,33 @@
   CATALOGS="$new_CATALOGS"
 fi
 
-if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
-  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
-See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
-else
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-    FILE * fp = popen ("date", "rb");
-    exit (fp == NULL);
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
-
+#if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+#  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+#$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+#as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+#See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+#else
+#  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+#/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#
+#int
+#main ()
+#{
+#    FILE * fp = popen ("date", "rb");
+#    exit (fp == NULL);
+#  ;
+#  return 0;
+#}
+#_ACEOF
+#if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
+#
 $as_echo "#define BINARY_MODE_POPEN 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-
-fi
-rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
-  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
+#
+#
+#fi
+#rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
+#  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
+#fi