If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used.
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for i686-pc-meander-strip... i686-pc-meander-strip
checking for i686-pc-meander-gcc... i686-pc-meander-gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... yes
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether i686-pc-meander-gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for i686-pc-meander-gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of i686-pc-meander-gcc... gcc3
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... Invalid configuration `i686-pc-meander': system `meander' not recognized
configure: error: /bin/sh ./config.sub i686-pc-meander failed
awilcox@macbook:~/meander/meander/tools/cross-tmp/pixman-0.12.0$