Compile error from CVS, don't remember seeing it

["kiwiPete ( Peter Cague, New Zealand )" <kiwipete ihug co nz>]

Hi

I got down the CVS from Gnome.org and set to compile
them but they all give me the same error.

automake: configure.in: installing ` ./install.sh'
automake: configure.in: installing  ` ./mkinstalldirs'
automake: configure.in: installing  ` ./missing'
createing cache  ./config.cache
./configure: syntax error near unexpected token  `
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(Stringlist, '
./configure:  ./configure: line 524: ` AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(Stringlist,
0.3.0)'

I don't remember seeing this error so I'm asking if there is a fix
please

I'm running an Intel  pentium 133 64mg ram with SB-AWE64 Gold on
RedHat 5.1 with the updates to 5.2's latest  files.  the version of
esound with
E DR-14 worked fine but this copy doesn't at all stil got :
Can't connect to port 35091
After instaing and reinstalling about four times

Cheers
KiwiPete