installing netcdf-2.4-beta6

I am trying to install netcdf-2.4-beta6 on a SGI runnig IRIX 5.3, and I
get the following:

[spode:root:/usr/local/netcdf-2.4-beta6/src] 70 % configure
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for fill-value usage... new usage
checking the installation prefix... /usr/local/netcdf-2.4-beta6
checking the installation exec-prefix... /usr/local/netcdf-2.4-beta6
checking type of operating system... irix5
checking type of machine... sgi
checking for ranlib... :
checking for C compiler... cc
checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -E
checking the C preprocessor... works
checking for f77... f77
checking for CC... CC
checking for yacc... yacc
checking for neqn... neqn
checking for tbl... tbl
checking for ar... ar
checking for makeinfo... no
checking for tar flags... -chof
checking for dependency generation mechanism... cc -M
checking whether cross-compiling... yes
checking size of int... configure: error: can not run test program while
cross compiling
 
Could you give me some advice on how to proceed?
Thanks,
Vincent
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