dpkg-buildpackage

["Enrique Samson Jr." <xjigen@info.com.ph>]

i would like to know how to compile a package without using the default 
Makefile.  I have downloaded the *.tar.gz and *.diff.gz. And, i have to 
specify a switch on ./configure. I tried running

#./configure -thread  //  to make the binary multi-threaded

then

#dpkg-builpackage   //   to build deb packages listed on debian/ sub-dir

errors follow..

TIA.