diff --git a/satellites/functions/compile/configure.sh b/satellites/functions/compile/configure.sh
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+compile_configure() {
+    ./configure --prefix="$dir_prefix" --sysconfdir="$dir_sysroot/etc" $@
+    make
+    do_check make check
+    make DESTDIR="$dir_install" install
+}