make check depends programs that have been configured with --with-<name>=<prog>
being set up so that a executable exists in the compat/ directory that causes
quilt to invoke the desired binary.

 Makefile.in |   24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: quilt/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- quilt.orig/Makefile.in	2006-01-15 12:30:17.307805000 +1100
+++ quilt/Makefile.in	2006-01-15 14:35:10.880228228 +1100
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-all : scripts compat-programs $(if $(MSGFMT),$(LINGUAS:%=po/%.mo))
+all : scripts \
+	compat-programs \
+	$(COMPAT_SYMLINKS:%=compat/%) \
+	$(if $(MSGFMT),$(LINGUAS:%=po/%.mo))
 
 $(LIB:%=lib/%) : $(LIB_SRC:%.c=lib/%.o)
 	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LIBS)
@@ -287,6 +290,28 @@
 endif
 endif
 
+# VIRTUAL_SYMLINKS creates a shell script that operates similar to
+# a symbolic link.  It is used to workaround the way make treats
+# symlinks as targets.
+#   Usage: $(call VIRTUAL_SYMLINK, source, target)
+define VIRTUAL_SYMLINK
+	@echo "Generating $(strip $(1)) wrapper" >&2
+	@printf "#!%s\n%s "'"$$$$@"'"\n" $(BASH) $(strip $(1)) > $(2)
+endef
+
+# Generate rules to create compat/<binary> for each binary in $(COMPAT_SYMLINKS)
+define COMPAT_SYMLINK_local_install
+compat/$(strip $(1)) : Makefile
+	$(call VIRTUAL_SYMLINK, \
+		'$($(shell echo $(1) | $(AWK) '{print toupper($$1)}'))', \
+		compat/$(strip $(1)))
+	@chmod +x compat/$(strip $(1))
+
+endef
+
+$(eval $(foreach symlink,$(COMPAT_SYMLINKS),$(call COMPAT_SYMLINK_local_install, $(symlink))))
+
+# Generate rules to install symlinks for each binary in $(COMPAT_SYMLINKS)
 define COMPAT_SYMLINK_install
 install-compat-symlink-$(strip $(1)): install-compat
 	ln -sf $($(shell echo $(1) | $(AWK) '{print toupper($$1)}'))	\