Hi didn't found the problem, If look at build log https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=libapr-memcache&arch=mips&ver=0.7.0-1&stamp=1334370101
There is no problem for mips build if look to build server. I build libapr-memcache as you can see in the rules file : %: dh $@ So to ./configure command is done by dh_au In case of amd64 system it configures like this: "./configure" \ "--build=x86_64-linux-gnu" \ "--prefix=/usr" \ "--includedir=${prefix}/include" \ "--mandir=${prefix}/share/man" \ "--infodir=${prefix}/share/info" \ "--sysconfdir=/etc" \ "--localstatedir=/var" \ "--libdir=${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" \ "--libexecdir=${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu" \ "--disable-maintainer-mode" \ "--disable-dependency-tracking" \ "$@" In case of mips system it configures like this : #! /bin/sh # # Created by configure "./configure" \ "--build=mips-linux-gnu" \ "--prefix=/usr" \ "--includedir=${prefix}/include" \ "--mandir=${prefix}/share/man" \ "--infodir=${prefix}/share/info" \ "--sysconfdir=/etc" \ "--localstatedir=/var" \ "--libexecdir=${prefix}/lib/libapr-memcache" \ "--disable-maintainer-mode" \ "--disable-dependency-tracking" \ "$@" So if you still thinks this wrong for debian as multi arch system then you need to file bug against debhelper. Becouse the dh_auto_configure add's the configure options like libexecdir and libdir if he think it is needed so this is not libapr-memcache bug so I will mark it as wontfix Wontfix #722789