qemu 5.2.0 configure script explodes when in read only directory

I extracted the qemu 5.2.0 source as one user, and then tried to run `./configure --help` in that directory as a different user. Normal autoconf configure scripts have no problem with this but yours goes into an infinite loop printing nonsense:

Using './build' as the directory for build output
mkdir: build: Permission denied
touch: build/auto-created-by-configure: No such file or directory
./configure: line 37: GNUmakefile: Permission denied
./configure: line 59: cd: build: No such file or directory
Using './build' as the directory for build output
mkdir: build: Permission denied
touch: build/auto-created-by-configure: No such file or directory
/path/to/qemu-5.2.0/configure: line 37: GNUmakefile: Permission denied
/path/to/qemu-5.2.0/configure: line 59: cd: build: No such file or directory
Using './build' as the directory for build output
mkdir: build: Permission denied
touch: build/auto-created-by-configure: No such file or directory
/path/to/qemu-5.2.0/configure: line 37: GNUmakefile: Permission denied
/path/to/qemu-5.2.0/configure: line 59: cd: build: No such file or directory
Using './build' as the directory for build output
mkdir: build: Permission denied
touch: build/auto-created-by-configure: No such file or directory
/path/to/qemu-5.2.0/configure: line 37: GNUmakefile: Permission denied
/path/to/qemu-5.2.0/configure: line 59: cd: build: No such file or directory
Using './build' as the directory for build output
mkdir: build: Permission denied
touch: build/auto-created-by-configure: No such file or directory
/path/to/qemu-5.2.0/configure: line 37: GNUmakefile: Permission denied
/path/to/qemu-5.2.0/configure: line 59: cd: build: No such file or directory
Using './build' as the directory for build output
mkdir: build: Permission denied

etc.


This is an automated cleanup. This bug report has been moved to QEMU's
new bug tracker on gitlab.com and thus gets marked as 'expired' now.
Please continue with the discussion here:

 https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/321