gnome-core from CVS--error with autogen.sh

[Adam Keys <adam pingpage com>]

I've installed everything ala Soren's HOWTO up to gnome-core, skipping mico
because it's bloated ant I was told to skip it.  I go into the gnome-core tree
and do the following

./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local/gnome --with-gtk-prefix=/usr/local/gnome
--with-glib-prefix=/usr/local/gnome

There follows a bunch of warnings about undefined errors much like the
following:

panel/Makefile.am:163: variable `GNOME_LIBDIR' not defined
panel/Makefile.am:163: variable `GNOMEUI_LIBS' not defined
panel/Makefile.am:163: variable `INTLLIBS' not defined
applets/gen_util/Makefile.am:289: variable `GNOME_LIBDIR' not defined
applets/gen_util/Makefile.am:289: variable `GNOMEUI_LIBS' not defined
applets/gen_util/Makefile.am:289: variable `INTLLIBS' not defined
applets/batmon/Makefile.am:335: variable `GNOME_LIBDIR' not defined
applets/batmon/Makefile.am:335: variable `GNOMEUI_LIBS' not defined
applets/batmon/Makefile.am:335: variable `INTLLIBS' not defined
applets/bussign/Makefile.am:370: variable `GNOME_LIBDIR' not defined
applets/bussign/Makefile.am:370: variable `GNOMEUI_LIBS' not defined
applets/bussign/Makefile.am:370: variable `INTLLIBS' not defined
applets/cdplayer/Makefile.am:404: variable `GNOME_LIBDIR' not defined
applets/cdplayer/Makefile.am:404: variable `GNOMEUI_LIBS' not defined
applets/cdplayer/Makefile.am:404: variable `INTLLIBS' not defined
applets/mixer/Makefile.am:443: variable `GNOME_LIBDIR' not defined
applets/mixer/Makefile.am:443: variable `GNOMEUI_LIBS' not defined
applets/mixer/Makefile.am:443: variable `INTLLIBS' not defined

followed by some like this:

help-browser/gnome-man2html/Makefile.am:1277: variable `GNOME_LIBDIR' not
defined
help-browser/gnome-man2html/Makefile.am:1277: variable `GNOMEUI_LIBS' not
defined
help-browser/gnome-man2html/Makefile.am:1277: variable `INTLLIBS' not defined
help-browser/gnome-man2html/Makefile.am:1277: variable `GNOME_LIBDIR' not
defined

then I believe this is the straw that breaks the camel's back:
processing ./gemvt
`aclocal' will also look in ` ../macros'
You should add the contents of `/usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4' to `aclocal.m4'.
Putting files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `..'.
aclocal: /usr/local/gnome/share/aclocal/gtk.m4: 7: duplicated macro
`AM_PATH_GTK'
Makefile.am:8: variable `GTK_LIBS' not defined
running ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode --prefix=/usr/local/gnome
--with-gtk-prefix=/usr/local/gnome --with-glib-prefix=/usr/local/gnome
creating cache ./config.cache
./configure: line 525: syntax error near unexpected token
`AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)'
./configure: line 525: `AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)'

This is a horribly huge amount of output, but can anyone help me here?  I know
someone out there has gnome-core compiled :)

Adam Keys