Upstream-Status: Pending

Index: apt-0.9.7.7/configure.in
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--- apt-0.9.7.7.orig/configure.in
+++ apt-0.9.7.7/configure.in
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ dnl This is often the dpkg architecture
 dnl First check against the full canonical canoncial-system-type in $target
 dnl and if that fails, just look for the cpu
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(debian architecture)
-archset="`dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_ARCH`"
+archset="`echo $host_alias|cut -d'-' -f1`"
 if test "x$archset" = "x"; then
    AC_MSG_ERROR([failed: use --host= or output from dpkg-architecture])
 fi