converting netkit to autoconf?

[Dan Kegel]

Currently, netkit
(ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/netkit-combo-0.17.tar.gz)
uses a configure script (good!) but it's not autoconf-generated.
This is a problem when cross-compiling; it aborts if you
specify a cross-compiler, and does a bunch of feature tests 
by running compiled code.  e.g. netkit-base runs programs to check for 
bsd signal semantics and to verify snprintf works.

Has anyone converted netkit to use autoconf?
Would the maintainers be interested in a netkit that was
cross-compile-friendly?  Or does everyone who needs
cross-compiled netkit stuff just use Busybox, which
cross-compiles nicely?

- Dan