Solaris 2.6, Oracle 8.1.7, Apache 1.3.20

Compiling with gcc and ld as listed
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.6/2.95.3/specs
gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)
# ld -V
ld: Software Generation Utilities - Solaris-ELF (4.0)


./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --without-mysql --enable-magic-quotes --enable-track-vars --enable-memory-limit --with-expat=/usr/local --with-sablot=/usr/local --with-oci8=/oracle/product/817

Also set ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_BASE

./configure script dies with the following error (with apologies for wrapping)

checking for iconv_open in -lc... no
configure: error: iconv not found

config.log reveals the following information
configure:45395: checking for iconv_open in -lc
configure:45414: gcc -o conftest -g -O2  -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -DSOLARIS2=260 -DUSE_EXPAT -DSUPPORT_UTF8  -R/usr/ucblib -L/usr/ucblib -R/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.6/2.95.3 -L/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.6/2.95.3 -R/oracle/product/817/lib -L/oracle/product/817/lib -R/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib conftest.c -lc  -lexpat -lsablot -lsched -ldl -lgen -lsocket -lnsl -lcrypt -lresolv -lresolv -lm -ldl -lnsl -lsocket  -lsocket -lgcc -lclntsh 1>&5
Undefined                       first referenced
 symbol                             in file
_delete                             /oracle/product/817/lib/libgen.so.1
_insert                             /oracle/product/817/lib/libgen.so.1
ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to conftest
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure: failed program was:
#line 45403 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
char iconv_open();

int main() {
iconv_open()
; return 0; }