Cross-compiling for Android with autotools

I’ve noticed that using autotools (i.e. configure/make) to cross-compile
SDL for Android doesn’t work, i.e. it tries to use the pulse audio
driver which is not available under Android. Before looking too deeply
into this, I’d like to ask: is this even theoretically possible, or is
there some fundamental reason why an autotools build for Android cannot
work?–
Rainer Deyke (rainerd at eldwood.com)