compile error re: spell

[urgrue <urgrue tumsan fi>]

im sure this has been asked before, but the search function doesnt seem 
to work in the mailing list archives...

compiling fails, at spell-check.c. i get the same error regardless of 
whether im compiling 2.0.17 or 2.1.2. im a little confused, because its 
about pspell, which i understand doesnt really exist anymore (its 
aspell now, right?)

some preliminary info:
fede2:/usr/lib # rpm -qa | grep -i aspell
aspell-0.50.3-73
aspell-devel-0.50.3-73
aspell-en-0.51.0-173

fede2:/usr/lib # ls -l libasp*
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1707358 Nov  5  2003 libaspell.a
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          843 Nov  5  2003 libaspell.la
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Nov 28 21:15 libaspell.so -> 
libaspell.so.15.0.2
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Nov 28 21:07 libaspell.so.15 
-> libaspell.so.15.0.2
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       974874 Nov  5  2003 libaspell.
so.15.0.2
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           20 Nov 28 20:57 libasprintf.
so.0 -> libasprintf.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         8697 Oct  2  2003 libasprintf.
so.0.0.0


and here's the error:
spell-check.o(.text+0x1442): In function `balsa_spell_check_start':
/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.c:782: undefined reference to 
`new_pspell_config'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1460):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:783: undefined reference to `pspell_config_replace'
spell-check.o(.text+0x147e):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:785: undefined reference to `pspell_config_replace'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1499):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:787: undefined reference to `pspell_config_replace'
spell-check.o(.text+0x14e1):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:795: undefined reference to `pspell_config_replace'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1519):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:800: undefined reference to `pspell_config_replace'
spell-check.o(.text+0x152e):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:803: undefined reference to `new_pspell_manager'
spell-check.o(.text+0x153d):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:804: undefined reference to `delete_pspell_config'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1545):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:806: undefined reference to `pspell_error_number'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1555):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:808: undefined reference to `pspell_error_message'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1595):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:817: undefined reference to `to_pspell_manager'
spell-check.o(.text+0x15a6):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:818: undefined reference to `pspell_manager_config'
spell-check.o(.text+0x19b4): In function `balsa_spell_check_learn':
/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.c:964: undefined reference to 
`pspell_manager_add_to_session'
spell-check.o(.text+0x19ec):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:968: undefined reference to `pspell_manager_add_to_personal'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1a02):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:975: undefined reference to `pspell_manager_error_number'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1a18):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:976: undefined reference to `pspell_manager_error_message'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1af4): In function `balsa_spell_check_fix':
/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.c:1020: undefined reference to 
`pspell_manager_store_replacement'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1e4e): In function `spch_finish':
/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.c:1116: undefined reference to 
`pspell_manager_save_all_word_lists'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1ec6):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:1136: undefined reference to `delete_pspell_manager'
spell-check.o(.text+0x1f94): In function `setup_suggestions':
/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.c:1162: undefined reference to 
`pspell_word_list_elements'
spell-check.o(.text+0x2000):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:1184: undefined reference to `pspell_string_emulation_next'
spell-check.o(.text+0x2035):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:1169: undefined reference to `pspell_config_retrieve'
spell-check.o(.text+0x20ec): In function `check_word':
/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.c:1210: undefined reference to 
`pspell_config_retrieve'
spell-check.o(.text+0x212b):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:1224: undefined reference to `pspell_manager_check'
spell-check.o(.text+0x214d):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:1234: undefined reference to `pspell_manager_suggest'
spell-check.o(.text+0x223c): In function `check_pspell_errors':
/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.c:1277: undefined reference to 
`pspell_manager_error_number'
spell-check.o(.text+0x2255):/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src/spell-check.
c:1278: undefined reference to `pspell_manager_error_message'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [balsa] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/share/soft/balsa-2.1.2'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2