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