--- gst-autogen.sh.orig 2005-08-24 13:48:46.000000000 -0500
+++ gst-autogen.sh      2005-08-24 13:48:23.000000000 -0500
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@
          CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT="$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT $1"
           shift
           ;;
+      --host*|--build*|--target*)
+          echo "++ passing option $1 to configure"
+         CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT="$CONFIGURE_EXT_OPT $1"
+          shift
+          ;;
        --) shift ; break ;;
       *) echo "- ignoring unknown autogen.sh argument $1"; shift ;;
     esac
