Index: bin/ebuild.sh
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--- bin/ebuild.sh	(revision 7876)
+++ bin/ebuild.sh	(working copy)
@@ -685,7 +685,9 @@
 }
 
 src_compile() {
-	if [ -x ./configure ]; then
+	if [ "${EAPI:-0}" == 0 ] ; then
+		[ -x ./configure ] && econf
+	elif [ -x "${ECONF_SOURCE:-.}/configure" ] ; then
 		econf
 	fi
 	if [ -f Makefile ] || [ -f GNUmakefile ] || [ -f makefile ]; then