* buildlib/configure.mak:

  - print a message detailing how to get config.guess and config.sub
    in case they are not in /usr/share/misc (Closes: #677312)

buildlib/configure.mak

@@ -12,15 +12,42 @@
 # It would be a fairly good idea to run this after a cvs checkout.
 BUILDDIR=build
 
-.PHONY: startup
+.PHONY: startup missing-config-files
 startup: configure $(BUILDDIR)/config.status $(addprefix $(BUILDDIR)/,$(CONVERTED))
 
 # use the files provided from the system instead of carry around
 # and use (most of the time outdated) copycats
+ifeq (file-okay,$(shell test -r buildlib/config.sub && echo 'file-okay'))
+buildlib/config.sub:
+else
+   ifeq (file-okay,$(shell test -r /usr/share/misc/config.sub && echo 'file-okay'))
 buildlib/config.sub:
 	ln -sf /usr/share/misc/config.sub buildlib/config.sub
+   else
+buildlib/config.sub: missing-config-files
+   endif
+endif
+
+ifeq (file-okay,$(shell test -r buildlib/config.guess && echo 'file-okay'))
+buildlib/config.guess:
+else
+   ifeq (file-okay,$(shell test -r /usr/share/misc/config.guess && echo 'file-okay'))
 buildlib/config.guess:
 	ln -sf /usr/share/misc/config.guess buildlib/config.guess
+   else
+buildlib/config.guess: missing-config-files
+   endif
+endif
+
+missing-config-files:
+	@echo "APT needs 'config.guess' and 'config.sub' in buildlib/ for configuration."
+	@echo "On Debian systems these are available in the 'autotools-dev' package."
+	@echo
+	@echo "The latest versions can be acquired from the upstream git repository:"
+	@echo "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.guess;hb=HEAD"
+	@echo "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=config.git;a=blob_plain;f=config.sub;hb=HEAD"
+	exit 100
+
 configure: aclocal.m4 configure.in buildlib/config.guess buildlib/config.sub
 	autoconf
 

debian/changelog

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ apt (0.9.6.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * apt-pkg/pkgcache.cc:
     - do a string comparision for architecture checking in IsMultiArchImplicit
       as 'unique' strings in the pkgcache aren't unique (Closes: #677454)
+  * buildlib/configure.mak:
+    - print a message detailing how to get config.guess and config.sub
+      in case they are not in /usr/share/misc (Closes: #677312)
 
  -- David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>  Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:45:13 +0200