deskmenu fails to cross build from source, because it does not pass
--host to ./configure. The easiest way of fixing that is using
dh_auto_configure. The attached patch implements that.

After doing so, deskmenu continues to fail, because it contains a
broken, outdated, embedded copy of AM_PATH_GTK_2_0. Please remove your
copy in favour of the fixed upstream version. Alternatively, update it
and register it with the security tracker. This part comes without a
patch, because the bug is already fixed. You just happen to have copied
the bug.

Helmut

Dear submitter,

as the package deskmenu has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1012421

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.

Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.

This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org.

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