Configure Errors--Missing Libraries?

Attempting to install PostGreSQL 7.3.X on a sparc-sun-solaris2.9 (SunOS
5.9) machine; during configure, numerous errors like these were logged:

configure:4357: gcc -o conftest conftest.c -lbsd >&5
ld: fatal: library -lbsd: not found
configure:4423: gcc -o conftest conftest.c -lutil >&5
ld: fatal: library -lutil: not found
configure:4718: gcc -o conftest conftest.c -lipc -lsocket
-lnsl -ldl -lm >&5
ld: fatal: library -lipc: not found

With a final fatal error when configure attempted to run conftest;
How do we determine whether the error lies with the configure script or
gcc--i.e., whether configure is failing to find the necessary libraries
(and if so, how do we set the necessary paths) or if our gcc install is
deficient/flawed?

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