--- configure.orig	2010-12-25 21:34:02.000000000 +0100
+++ configure		2010-12-25 21:38:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 if [ "$INSTALL_MANPATH" = "" ]; then
 	INSTALL_MANPATH="/usr/local/man"
 fi
-BYTEORDER=`./byteorder -m`
+BYTEORDER="whatever"
 
 echo create byteorder.h...
 cat > byteorder.h <<EOF