diff -ur /home/charrett/builds/autofs-4.1.4/configure autofs-4.1.4/configure
--- /home/charrett/builds/autofs-4.1.4/configure	2005-04-06 16:24:37.000000000 +0100
+++ autofs-4.1.4/configure	2005-10-13 11:56:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -4219,11 +4219,7 @@
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether gcc -fPIE works" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking whether gcc -fPIE works... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
-See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
-See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+gcc_supports_pie=no
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
