error: can not run test program while cross compiling

Hello,

I'm compiling libwww 5.3.2 on Redhat Linux2.2.16-22smp,
but the following error occured (at the end) :

>./configure --without-expat
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... config/config.guess: ./dummy-14671: Permission denied
i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... (cached) /usr/bin/gcc -c -DATNR_UMMAPI_LINUX
checking whether the C compiler (/usr/bin/gcc -c -DATNR_UMMAPI_LINUX  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (/usr/bin/gcc -c -DATNR_UMMAPI_LINUX  ) is a cross-compiler... yes
checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes
checking whether /usr/bin/gcc -c -DATNR_UMMAPI_LINUX accepts -g... (cached) yes
(...)
checking for BOOLEAN... no
checking for u_char... yes
checking for u_short... yes
checking for u_long... yes
checking size of char... configure: error: can not run test program while cross compiling

How can I get it to compile ?
Thanks for any answer.
Best regards.

    Al