diff -ruN t1lib-5.1.2/configure t1lib-5.1.2-new/configure
--- t1lib-5.1.2/configure	2007-12-23 16:49:43.000000000 +0100
+++ t1lib-5.1.2-new/configure	2015-08-14 10:32:37.985381959 +0200
@@ -24758,11 +24758,7 @@
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
 else
   if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
-See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
-See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+  ac_64bit_type="<none>"
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */
diff -ruN t1lib-5.1.2/configure.in t1lib-5.1.2-new/configure.in
--- t1lib-5.1.2/configure.in	2007-12-23 16:49:43.000000000 +0100
+++ t1lib-5.1.2-new/configure.in	2015-08-14 10:33:39.805379339 +0200
@@ -225,14 +225,52 @@
 
 dnl **** Check which ANSI integer type is 64 bit 
 
-AC_CACHE_CHECK( "which ANSI integer type is 64 bit", ac_64bit_type,
-		AC_TRY_RUN([
+echo $ECHO_N "checking \"which ANSI integer type is 64 bit\"... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_64bit_type+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
+  ac_64bit_type="<none>"
+else
+  cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
 int main(void) {
   if (sizeof(long)==8)
     return(0);
   else
     return(1);
-}], ac_64bit_type="long", ac_64bit_type="<none>"))
+}
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest$ac_exeext
+if { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_link\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_link) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && { ac_try='./conftest$ac_exeext'
+  { (eval echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \"$ac_try\"") >&5
+  (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); }; }; then
+  ac_64bit_type="long"
+else
+  echo "$as_me: program exited with status $ac_status" >&5
+echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+( exit $ac_status )
+ac_64bit_type="<none>"
+fi
+rm -f core *.core gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_64bit_type" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_64bit_type" >&6
 if test "$ac_64bit_type" = "long"
 then
   T1_AA_TYPE64="-DT1_AA_TYPE64=long"