CVS compile problem (autoconf related?)

[Chris Heywood <psych primus com au>]

hey...

I'm trying to compile gIDE from CVS, but having a few problems.  I get
the below errors if I try to compile gdl with autoconf 2.52, but if I
use autoconf 2.13 I get errors complaining that autoconf 2.50 is
required.  I'm on a debian sid machine, and I seem to be having autoconf
problems due to the trick debian uses to work out whether to use
autoconf 2.13 or 2.52 (I've been bypassing the trick and choosing one of
the other).

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chris

configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-2.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-3.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``(''
config.status: creating gdl/Makefile
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-2.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-3.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``(''
config.status: creating idl/Makefile
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-3.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``(''
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-2.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
config.status: creating scintilla-control/Makefile
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-3.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``(''
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-2.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
config.status: creating scintilla-control/scintilla/Makefile
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-2.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-3.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``(''
config.status: creating intl/Makefile
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-3.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``(''
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-2.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
config.status: creating po/Makefile.in
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-3.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``(''
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-2.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
config.status: creating stamp.h
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-3.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``(''
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-2.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
config.status: creating gdl.spec
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-3.sed line 3: Unknown command: ``(''
sed: file /tmp/cs12271-26156/subs-2.sed line 51: Unterminated `s'
command
config.status: creating config.h