define_option 'cross=: Cross compile a program to run on the specified target triplet'
define_option "build=: Explicity specify the host machine's target triplet"

compile_configure() {
    local builddir=''
    local nomake=false
    local noinstall=false
    local olddir="$PWD"
    local makeflags=''

    local OPTIND=1
    local opt
    while getopts 'b:m:MI' opt; do case "$opt" in
        b) local builddir="$OPTARG" ;;
        m) local makeflags="$OPTARG" ;;
        M) local nomake=true ;;
        I) local noinstall=true ;;
    esac; done
    shift $((OPTIND-1))
    [ "$1" = '--' ] && shift

    if [ "$builddir" ]; then
        mkdir -p "$builddir"
        cd "$builddir"
    fi

    local cross="$(option =cross)"
    [ "$cross" ] && local cross="--host=$cross"
    local build="$(option =build)"
    [ "$build" ] && local build="--build=$build"

    "$olddir/configure" \
        --prefix="/$dir_prefix" \
        --bindir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_bindir" \
        --sbindir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_sbindir" \
        --libexecdir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_libexecdir" \
        --sysconfdir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_sysconfdir" \
        --libdir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_libdir" \
        --includedir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_includedir" \
        --datadir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_datadir" \
        --infodir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_infodir" \
        --localedir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_localedir" \
        --mandir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_mandir" \
        --docdir="/$dir_prefix/$dir_docdir/$name" \
        $build $cross "$@"

    [ "$nomake" = false ] && make $makeflags
    [ "$nomake" = false -a "$noinstall" = false ] && make DESTDIR="$dir_install" $makeflags install

    [ "$builddir" ] && cd "$olddir" || true
}