--- diction-1.11/configure.in
+++ diction-1.11/configure.in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int main(void)
   realloc((void*)0,1);
   exit(0);
 }
-],AC_MSG_RESULT(no),AC_DEFINE(BROKEN_REALLOC) AC_MSG_RESULT(yes))
+],AC_MSG_RESULT(no),AC_DEFINE(BROKEN_REALLOC) AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),AC_MSG_RESULT(no (cross compiling)))
 
 USE_NLS=no
 AC_CHECK_PROG(MSGFMT,msgfmt,yes,no)
--- diction-1.11/configure
+++ diction-1.11/configure
@@ -3022,11 +3022,8 @@ fi
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for broken realloc" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for broken realloc... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
 if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-  { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
-See \`config.log' for more details." >&5
-echo "$as_me: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling
-See \`config.log' for more details." >&2;}
-   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+  { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no (cross compiling)" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no (cross compiling)" >&6; }
 else
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* confdefs.h.  */