Makefile.in         |    2 ++
 configure.ac        |   14 ++++++++++++++
 quilt/previous.in   |    2 +-
 scripts/patchfns.in |    2 +-
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- quilt.orig/configure.ac	2005-08-28 20:52:10.000000000 +0200
+++ quilt/configure.ac	2005-09-15 11:04:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -135,6 +135,20 @@
     fi
 fi
 
+dnl Check for tail
+AC_ARG_WITH(tail, AC_HELP_STRING(
+    [--with-tail], [name of the tail executable to use]),
+    [
+	TAIL="$withval"
+	AC_SUBST(TAIL)
+	AC_MSG_NOTICE([Using tail executable $TAIL])
+    ],[
+	AC_PATH_PROG(TAIL, tail)
+    ])
+if test -z "$TAIL"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Please specify the location of tail with the option '--with-tail'])
+fi
+
 dnl Check for diff
 AC_ARG_WITH(diff, AC_HELP_STRING(
     [--with-diff], [name of the diff executable to use]),
--- quilt.orig/Makefile.in	2005-09-15 11:07:24.000000000 +0200
+++ quilt/Makefile.in	2005-09-15 11:08:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 SED :=		@SED@
 AWK :=		@AWK@
 DIFF :=		@DIFF@
+TAIL :=		@TAIL@
 PATCH :=	@PATCH@
 MKTEMP :=	@MKTEMP@
 MSGFMT :=	@MSGFMT@
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@
 	     -e 's:@BASH''@:$(BASH):g' \
 	     -e 's:@SED''@:$(SED):g' \
 	     -e 's:@AWK''@:$(AWK):g' \
+	     -e 's:@TAIL''@:$(TAIL):g' \
 	     -e 's:@DIFF''@:$(DIFF):g' \
 	     -e 's:@PATCH''@:$(PATCH):g' \
 	     -e 's:@MKTEMP''@:$(MKTEMP):g' \
--- quilt.orig/quilt/previous.in	2005-06-12 14:37:56.000000000 +0200
+++ quilt/quilt/previous.in	2005-09-15 11:09:56.000000000 +0200
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 	patch=$(top_patch)
 fi
 
-previous=$(applied_before "$patch" | tail -n 1)
+previous=$(applied_before "$patch" | @TAIL@ -n 1)
 if [ -n "$previous" ]
 then
 	echo "$(print_patch $previous)"
--- quilt.orig/scripts/patchfns.in	2005-09-09 17:53:52.000000000 +0200
+++ quilt/scripts/patchfns.in	2005-09-15 11:09:15.000000000 +0200
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 
 top_patch()
 {
-	[ -e $DB ] && tail -n 1 $DB
+	[ -e $DB ] && @TAIL@ -n 1 $DB
 }
 
 is_numeric()