--- ebuild.sh.orig	2008-08-22 00:52:24.000000000 +0200
+++ ebuild.sh	2008-08-22 01:24:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -411,6 +411,16 @@
 	if [ -z "${ECONF_SOURCE}" ]; then
 		ECONF_SOURCE="."
 	fi
+	
+	if [ -f "${ECONF_SOURCE}/configure" ]; then
+		if [ ! -e "${ECONF_SOURCE}/configure" ]; then
+		vecho " * econf: configure is not executable: fixing it..."
+		chmod +x "${ECONF_SOURCE:-.}/configure"
+		fi
+	else
+		vecho " * econf: no configure script found: skipping configure stage" && return 0
+	fi
+		                
 	if [ -x "${ECONF_SOURCE}/configure" ]; then
 		if [ -e /usr/share/gnuconfig/ ]; then
 			find "${WORKDIR}" -type f '(' \
@@ -512,10 +522,6 @@
 			fi
 			die "econf failed"
 		fi
-	elif [ -f "${ECONF_SOURCE:-.}/configure" ]; then
-		die "configure is not executable"
-	else
-		die "no configure script found"
 	fi
 }