Please find attached an updated version of the patch suggested by Andreas Jochens.
diff -urN gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1.old/debian/compat
gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1/debian/compat
--- gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1.old/debian/compat 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000
+0100
+++ gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1/debian/compat 2006-05-30 22:18:18.000000000
+0200
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4
diff -urN gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1.old/debian/rules
gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1/debian/rules
--- gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1.old/debian/rules 2001-01-28 08:51:17.000000000
+0100
+++ gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1/debian/rules 2006-05-30 22:19:01.000000000
+0200
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
# Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode.
export DH_VERBOSE=1
-# This is the debhelper compatability version to use.
-export DH_COMPAT=2
-
# This has to be exported to make some magic below work.
export DH_OPTIONS
@@ -27,7 +24,13 @@
CROSS_TOOL := h8300-hitachi-hms
# attempt at being platform independent...
-CONFIG_HOST := ${DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU}-pc-${DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM}-gnu
+CONFIG_HOST := ${DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU}-pc-${DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM}
+ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU),powerpc64)
+CONFIG_HOST := powerpc-pc-${DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM}
+endif
+ifeq ($(DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU),x86_64)
+CONFIG_HOST := i486-pc-${DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM}
+endif
srcdir := $(pwd)/src
stampdir := stamps
diff -urN gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1.old/debian/rules.unpack
gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1/debian/rules.unpack
--- gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1.old/debian/rules.unpack 2001-01-06
08:55:01.000000000 +0100
+++ gcc-h8300-hms-2.95.2.2.1/debian/rules.unpack 2006-05-30
22:10:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@
rmdir $(gcc_srcdir)
echo "$(gcc_tarball) unpacked." > $@
-.PHONEY: unpack
+.PHONY: unpack
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