.PHONY: startup
startup: configure $(BUILDDIR)/config.status $(addprefix $(BUILDDIR)/,$(CONVERTED))
-configure: aclocal.m4 configure.in
+# use the files provided from the system instead of carry around
+# and use (most of the time outdated) copycats
+buildlib/config.sub:
+ ln -sf /usr/share/misc/config.sub buildlib/config.sub
+buildlib/config.guess:
+ ln -sf /usr/share/misc/config.guess buildlib/config.guess
+configure: aclocal.m4 configure.in buildlib/config.guess buildlib/config.sub
autoconf
aclocal.m4: $(wildcard buildlib/*.m4)