do not bail on cross-compiling, simply assume useful values instead --- tcptrace-6.6.7.orig/configure 2002-06-21 11:56:26.000000000 +0200 +++ tcptrace-6.6.7/configure 2012-10-18 18:52:35.154444758 +0200 @@ -5086,9 +5086,11 @@ echo "$as_me:5085: checking how to print echo $ECHO_N "checking how to print unsigned long long... $ECHO_C" >&6 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then - { { echo "$as_me:5089: error: can not run test program while cross compiling" >&5 -echo "$as_me: error: can not run test program while cross compiling" >&2;} - { (exit 1); exit 1; }; } + { echo "$as_me: cross_compiling, simply assuming '%llu'" + cat >>confdefs.h <<\EOF +#define USE_LLU 1 +EOF +} else cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF #line 5094 "configure"