> ++if test "x$cross_compiling" = "xyes"; then
> ++   # It may be that we don't have a working libc yet, for instance
> ++   # because we're bootstrapping the cross-compilation tool chain.
> ++   # Thus, use this undocumented Autoconf macro designed for this.
> ++   AC_NO_EXECUTABLES
> ++   echo done
> ++fi

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