Solaris 9 + PHP Hangs on configure

I'm having trouble installing any version of PHP on solaris 9. I've tried older versions of 4.3.x a few months ago, then recently tried 4.3.10 and also the latest version of 5. I'm using a bunch of GNU tools from sunfreeware.com, have GCC installed, and have been able to compile most programs without much trouble. With PHP though, I run ./configure and it sits at this prompt infinitely: checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.9 Never moves on, never does anything else. Just sits there forever. I'd install a binary, but the binary as far as I can tell isn't set up for apxs. If all else fails, I guess I'll have to figure out how to use it, but I'd much rather compile the source with all the options I want. It doesn't matter what configure options I use. No options or 5 lines of options, it sits at that prompt doing nothing. Any ideas?