Compiling mucc.c in contribe/client-side

I am trying to get mucc.c working under Cygwin..

First off.. do I have to run ./configure in the root first before I compile
the contrib programs?

Second.. when I do run ./configure.. it hangs here:

checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for ruby... /usr/bin/ruby
checking for rb_hash_foreach()... <--- just hangs..

Any ideas?

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