--- /usr/portage/dev-util/subversion/subversion-1.5.0_rc5.ebuild	2008-05-11 18:37:35.000000000 +0200
+++ subversion-1.5.0_rc5.ebuild	2008-05-13 13:58:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 		--without-jikes \
 		--without-junit \
 		--disable-mod-activation \
-		--enable-runtime-module-search
+		|| die "econf failed"
 
 	# Respect the user LDFLAGS when building Subversion SWIG bindings.
 	export SWIG_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"