Though this solution doesn't match the output for the initial bug report
for this bug, it matches subsequent mails.
I was getting the same die at the configure stage and it was due to the
c wrapper for apt-build, apt-build-wrapper in 0.12.15.
The main perl script puts /usr/lib/apt-build at the start of
$ENV{'PATH'}, the wrapper then removes that path to locate the real gcc
(or whatever).
There are two solutions:
1. Don't use the wrapper. Put
wrapper = 0
in /etc/apt/apt-build.conf
2. Patch config.c from the apt-build source (patch attached)
Both these sorted out my problem. Your mileage may vary.
--- config.c.orig 2005-12-15 04:17:44.000000000 +0000
+++ config.c 2005-12-15 04:22:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
if (path)
{
libdir = strstr (path, LIBDIR);
+ len = strlen(LIBDIR);
if (libdir)
setenv ("PATH", libdir + len + 1, 1);
}
