glib 1.2.7/solaris 8/gcc 2.95.2 configure problem

[mgx ornl gov]

good day all ...

i'm trying to comptile glib 1.2.7 on an ultrasparc using gcc 2.95.2. configure
fails with:

......
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g -O2 ) is a cross-compiler... yes
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking for extra flags to get ANSI library prototypes... configure: error:
can not run test program while cross compiling


i built the compiler and it was not built as a cross compiler. 

here are the details:

61 root@larch /usr/local/glib-1.2.7> gcc -v
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.8/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)

62 root@larch /usr/local/glib-1.2.7> uname -a
SunOS larch 5.8 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10

any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

-- michael