gnome-vfs cvs -permission denied????

[mike <mike redtux demon co uk>]

I have worked out a way to get at  least gnome-vfs to start building but
it fails with
make[2]: Entering directory `/root/gnome-vfs/monikers'
../po GNOME_VFS_Moniker_std.server.in GNOME_VFS_Moniker_std.server -o -u
-c ../po/.intltool-merge-cache
make[2]: execvp: ../po: Permission denied
make[2]: *** [GNOME_VFS_Moniker_std.server] Error 127
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/gnome-vfs/monikers'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/gnome-vfs'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2


Just how can I have permission denied as root?