trac #17481 remove dpkg-dev requirement in configure

Author: Frédéric Chapoton

README.txt

@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ Installation Guide:
 1. Make sure you have the dependencies and 5 GB of free disk space.
 
    All Linux versions: gcc, make, m4, perl, ranlib, and tar.
-   Debian or Ubuntu systems: the dpkg-dev package.
    Fedora or RedHat systems: the perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker package.
    (install these using your package manager)
 

configure.ac

@@ -274,21 +274,6 @@ AX_PROG_PERL_VERSION([5.8.0],[],[
     AC_MSG_ERROR([Exiting, since AC_PACKAGE_NAME requires perl-5.8.0 or later])
 ])
 
-# To build Python on multi-arch Debian-based systems, we need
-# dpkg-architecture. Since we need dpkg-architecture to determine
-# whether we're on a multi-arch system and require dpkg-architecture,
-# we simply require it always on Debian-based systems.
-AC_CHECK_PROG(found_dpkg, dpkg, yes, no)
-AC_CHECK_PROG(found_dpkg_arch, dpkg-architecture, yes, no)
-if test x$found_dpkg = xyes && test x$found_dpkg_arch = xno
-then
-    AC_MSG_NOTICE([You do not have 'dpkg-architecture', which is required to build])
-    AC_MSG_NOTICE([Python on multi-arch Debian-based systems. This includes all recent])
-    AC_MSG_NOTICE([Debian and Ubuntu systems. You can install this with:])
-    AC_MSG_NOTICE([  sudo apt-get install dpkg-dev])
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Exiting, since AC_PACKAGE_NAME requires dpkg-architecture on Debian])
-fi
-
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