diff -ru sharutils-4.15.orig/configure sharutils-4.15/configure

--- sharutils-4.15.orig/configure	2015-02-07 19:52:28.000000000 +0100

+++ sharutils-4.15/configure	2021-12-23 08:45:58.698825416 +0100

@@ -32620,34 +32620,10 @@

   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 :

 $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

-

 # INVOKE_LIBOPTS_MACROS

 ac_cv_header_alloca_h=yes

 ac_cv_header_ctype_h=yes