Check the attached build log; a quick glimpse over the configure.in tells me that the build system is overly complex, so finding the problem is going to be hard. # check for maintainer mode tools AC_CHECK_PROGS(XMLLINT, xmllint) # check for maintainer/development build rules AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether maintainer and develoment build rules are to be used) if test x"$enable_maintainer_mode" = xyes ; then AC_MSG_RESULT(yes) AC_CHECK_PROGS(PYTHON, python2.4 python) if test -z "$PYTHON" || $PYTHON -c "import sys; sys.exit (sys.hexversion >= 0x20401f0)" 2>/dev/null ; then AC_MSG_ERROR([failed to detect python (version >= 2.4.1) required for maintainer mode]) fi test -z "$XMLLINT" && { AC_MSG_ERROR([failed to detect xmllint required for maintainer mode]) } else AC_MSG_RESULT(no) fi this is the snipped of code that seem to cause the problem; in particular it's the third line from the bottom; I'd suggest trying to replace the “test &&” with a full-blown if.
Created attachment 200900 [details] Build log
Removed from tree (see bug 281080).
