diff -r 70c11aa99421 libguestfs/configure.ac
--- a/libguestfs/configure.ac	Fri Jan 22 03:56:18 2010 +0200
+++ b/libguestfs/configure.ac	Fri Jan 22 04:12:05 2010 +0200
@@ -284,28 +284,6 @@
     fi
   fi
   DIST="REDHAT"
-else
-  # check for debootstrap and debirf
-  AC_CHECK_PROG([DEBOOTSTRAP],
-        [debootstrap],[debootstrap],[no])
-  test "x$DEBOOTSTRAP" = "xno" && \
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([Either febootstrap or debootstrap must be installed])
-  AC_CHECK_PROG([DEBIRF],[debirf],[debirf],[no])
-  test "x$DEBIRF" = "xno" &&
-        AC_MSG_ERROR([debirf must be installed])
-  DIST="DEBIAN"
-  case "$host_cpu" in
-      *86)
-          DEBIAN_KERNEL_ARCH=486
-          ;;
-      x86_64)
-          DEBIAN_KERNEL_ARCH=amd64
-          ;;
-      *)
-         DEBIAN_KERNEL_ARCH=$host_cpu
-         ;;
-   esac
-   AC_SUBST(DEBIAN_KERNEL_ARCH)
 fi
 AC_SUBST(DIST)